Thomas Saunders

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred's two-week journey through the Coral Sea is nearly over, however the most intense impacts are still ahead for most areas.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred's two-week journey through the Coral Sea is nearly over, however the most intense impacts are still ahead for most areas.

With Tropical Cyclone Alfred nearing the coastline, here's a day-by-day outline of the impacts to expect on the ground in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. 

With Cyclone Alfred on track to make landfall, here's what to expect about what will happen over the rest of the week. 

With Tropical Cyclone Alfred set to make landfall, being the first to do so in over 50 years, torrential rain and winds above 125 kilometres per hour are set to shortly follow.

The Bureau of Meteorology's latest three-month outlook issued indicates a mean temperature more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for most of Australia.

There is a high probability Cyclone Alfred, currently around 1,000 kilometres offshore, will cross one of the most highly populated stretches of the Australian coast next week.

Although February is still peak severe weather season, the majority of extreme events this month are being exacerbated by abnormally warm waters off our coastlines.

Australia is now in the peak of the severe weather season and this weekend will offer up an assortment of atmospheric extremes.

The current edition of La Niña is not playing by the rule book — for only the second time in 75 years its onset has arrived in the middle of summer.