North Australian FISH FINDER TM forums

A broad area of low pressure lies over the northern Gulf of Carpentaria as a monsoon trough develops. A tropical low is likely to form within the monsoon trough overnight tonight or on Friday as a westerly surge develops through the Arafura Sea. During the weekend, the tropical low is expected to develop quickly with an increasing risk of tropical cyclone formation in the Gulf of Carpentaria from later on Saturday or early Sunday. Initial movement of the tropical low will likely be slow and erratic before moving in a general south to southwest direction towards southwestern parts of the Gulf of Carpentaria later in the weekend.