i am in the middle of unlocking a telstra modem and whe whistling wind keeps distracting me ,i hope i dont brick it i need the VOIP section

It hasn't blown more than 4 knots at home all night Watchen. Very weird that you have strong gusts and I have nothing.

Not sure what strength they were earlier CF but enough to shake van a bit and make me wind down aerial close windows and even thought about waking hubby and attempt to roll awning up but he needs his rest. Does the emergency centre have a weather station? Would be good if they did and had it online as I could use their readings.

Seeing some pretty intense gusts at Willis Is 100km/h+. This low is definitely ramping up

I can't measure any rainfall or wind speed because I don't have the appropriate equipment but I can say that the wind in Atherton tonight has been considerably stronger than normal and the whirly birds on my roof are going wild. Also, the rain has been quite heavy at times and the power has been dipping for the last hour or so.

We should expect some winds increase from the WNW - NW generated from the monsoon.

Just woke with some stonking gusts coming through Kewarra beach. Love to know what it is blowing.

Its very windy here at Gordy atm

Yeah this is all monsoon related ppl. Most of the places north of you have been blowing at 20 - 40 knots. The monsoon may be further enhanced by downslope winds off the back of the Kuranda range.

Thanks Bloke Its funny it wasnt blowing this hard during yasi or larry where i am.

It sounds like its pushing hard down from the Tablelands..things are starting to fly off my table. N..eed the sun up to watch.

Agreed Zinc - Should start to die out soon. Willis has recorded gusts at 102km/hr at about 4am with 80km wind speeds so we must be getting the tail of it

The highest reading I had was at 2am and it was 40.1km/hour. Currently we are getting gusts between 10-20km/hr and 997.8hPa

Hey you guys in T'sville have done very well with 107mm. I had 44.8mm. Our Cairns BoM rainfall figure is not working so can't tell at this stage.

Nice OBS from Wilis Is overnight, wind gusts got to nearly 60knots at 12:30am and have been constant 40 to 50 since. (re Things) I have a good 20 to 30 knots (gusts)WNW at Port Douglas now.

Update from The JTWC




REMARKS: THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 17.1S
146.2E IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 17.1S 150.2E, APPROXIMATELY 250 NM EAST
OF CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA. RECENT ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS AN AREA OF DEEP CONVECTION FLARING OVER THE LOW LEVEL
CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). RECENT 512 KM COMPOSITE radar FROM WILLIS
ISLAND INDICATES THE LLCC IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE ISLAND. A 031119Z
ASCAT IMAGE SHOWS 30-45 KNOT NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ALONG THE NORTHERN
PERIPHERY OF THE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH A CROSS EQUATORIAL SURGE,
BUT ONLY 10-25 KNOT EASTERLIES ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE LLCC.
A 031752Z SSMI MICROWAVE IMAGE DEPICTS FORMATIVE BANDING. UPPER-
LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE SYSTEM IS AT THE EASTERN END OF AN
INDUCED TROUGH ACROSS THE TOP OF AUSTRALIA IN AN AREA OF 20-25 KNOT
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS); HOWEVER THE VWS DECREASES JUST TO THE
SOUTH OF THE CURRENT POSITION. ADDITIONALLY, THE DIVERGENCE ALOFT
REMAINS FAVORABLE AND SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA ARE
ESTIMATED AT 29-30 DEGREES CELSIUS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS
ARE ESTIMATED AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS
ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 993 MB. DUE TO THE NARROW BUT HIGHLY FAVORABLE
LOWER- AND UPPER-LEVEL ENVIRONMENTS OVER THE CORAL SEA, THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS HIGH.

It's interesting that JTWC is excited about this low but EC doesn't seem to think it will do much going on it's latest run.

So it looks like Jasmine still has a chance of becoming a TC- but there is no way that it will effect the Queensland coast (apart from some wind gusts and maybe more rain). Wind sheer is very high in the area of Jasmine i.e. 40knots- doesn't do well for long term devlopment.

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
for Damaging Winds
For people in parts of the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands district.
Issued at 8:45 am on Saturday 4 February 2012

Synoptic Situation: At 4am EST, a tropical low was situated approximately 490
kilometres east of Cairns and moving in an east to southeasterly direction at 20
kilometres per hour. The low is expected to continue moving in this direction
away from the Queensland coast.

Isolated areas of damaging winds with gusts above 90km/hr are occurring in parts
of the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands district, particularly on and east of
the ranges north of about Mount Garnet. Locations which may be affected include
Babinda, Gordonvale, Redlynch Valley and Smithfield. These conditions are
expected to ease by this evening.

Various reports of trees being uprooted have been reported in Babinda, Redlynch
Valley, Mossman and the northern beaches of Cairns this morning.

Emergency Management Queensland advises that people should:

* Move your car under cover or away from trees.
* Secure loose outdoor items.
* Seek shelter, preferably indoors and never under trees.
* Beware of fallen trees and powerlines.
* For emergency assistance contact the SES on 132 500.



The next warning is due to be issued by 11am EST.

Morning all it looks like the low near Willis Island has sucked all the clouds over Qld into it, I live near the beach and have noticed the wind has has picked up here in mackay but the rain is gone. A nice strong gust coming throught every now and then.

We've had a couple of trees over this morning and we live in Murray Upper.