Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has made landfall

It’s finally happened. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has made landfall this evening after having moved across Bribie Island and onto the Queensland mainland in the past few hours. The system will now move westward into inland parts.

Heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts will extend well to the south of the centre of the system, including for the Northern Rivers, Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast overnight tonight and into Sunday.

Six-hourly rainfall totals between 50 and 120 mm are possible. 24-hourly rainfall totals between 100 and 150 mm are possible. All rainfall numbers are dependent on the movement and position of the system.

Damaging easterly winds with peak gusts in excess of 90 km/h remain possible with showers and thunderstorms about the coastal fringe north of Ballina, and over elevated terrain including the Northern Tablelands, becoming more likely overnight into Sunday morning before easing by Sunday afternoon.

Source Credit: NSW Incident Alerts