NT:Top End cyclone now expected on Xmas day

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2011
NT:Top End cyclone now expected on Xmas day

Weather forecasters say a low pressure system off Australia's northern coast is expected
to become a cyclone early on Christmas day.

Updated weather advice pushes back the timing of the potential cyclone, which had earlier
been tipped to form on Christmas eve.

RICHARD WARDLE from the Bureau of Meteorology says the cyclone's expected to form around
3am or 4am (CST), but it may happen earlier than that.

Mr WARDLE says the organisation of the storm improved overnight, giving forecasters
a clearer picture of when it could become a cyclone.

A cyclone watch continues for a vast expanse of land between Dundee Beach, southwest
of Darwin, and Nhulunbuy, on the northeastern tip of Arnhem Land.

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KEYWORD: CYCLONE (DARWIN)

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