Now this is affecting us here on the Sunny Coast.

Wati skirts Queensland coast
March 24, 2006 - 10:17AM

Big waves and heavy seas are expected to hit the central and southern Queensland coasts this weekend as Cyclone Wati continues to skirt the coastline.

At 6am (AEST), category three Wati was 630km north-east of Sandy Cape on Fraser Island and heading south-east at 14kph, parallel to the south-east coast.

Tony Wedd from the Bureau of Meteorology's Tropical Cyclone warning centre said it was unlikely that Wati, which has winds of up to 200kph near its centre, would change course and head towards land.

"The prognosis is that it won't move closer to the coast and will just move off to the south-east," Mr Wedd said.

"But as it does so, it will continue to generate fairly large waves which will impact on the central and southern Queensland coasts, particularly the Capricornia coast today and then more the southern Queensland coast over the next couple of days."

Mr Wedd said the main threat will be to beach areas where there will be large waves and heavy seas this weekend.

"Along the Queensland coast, I think the most we'll see is strong winds to gales in the coastal waters and overland. I don't think the winds will get high enough to do any damage whatsoever."

The Hervey Bay City Council was holding a meeting today with emergency services and police to discuss evacuation plans if the cyclone does threaten Fraser Island, off the south-east Queensland coast.

Hervey Bay Mayor Ted Sorensen said it was important for the island to be prepared.

"We had a meeting with some of the parks and wildlife people on Fraser Island and they were just asking if they had to evacuate Fraser Island," Mr Sorenson told ABC radio today.

"So we are just making sure we are prepared for this type of thing."

AAP

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/wati-skirts-queensland-coast/2006/03/24/1143083948318.html

SuziH. . you really don't want this cyclone to make a sudden turn to the west!. .

http://www.bom.gov.au/gms/IDE00005.200603240530.shtml

No way!  
The experts reckon it will stay out to sea. We have been pretty lucky here in SE Qld since we moved here 12 plus years ago. Apparently cyclones are normal for all of the Queensland Coast. We had one a few weeks ago where we received about 10 inches of rain and very blustery weather. The seas and waves were phenominal and very scary.
Lord Howe Island is in danger of Wati right now apparently.

I am so over summer.  Roll on cold and rain!

I dont know where you are ,but here in geelong, its been rainless most of the year
but today is good friday
and this may sound funny but all the 40 odd years i have been here it will rain sometime on good friday-EVEN IF ALL WE GET IS A SHOWER-sure enough when i got up the back yard was all wet.
THANK YOU GOD.is all that i can say . hOW IT HAPPENS ONLY HE WOULD KNOW.

There is a dedicated thread for the Weather named 'The weather where you are'. It can be found at this address:
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/b-meetchitchat/m-1131066015/s-135/
There are 10 pages of posts for this subject. Please join us there for your weather fix or rant. Cheers Suzi

Bumping to a prominent position.  

You can always 'Bump' and include the local weather. . overcast and cool in Adelaide today . .not altogether a bad thing.  

Sorry, wasn't thinking Gizmo. Beautiful weather here on the sunny coast. Slightly over cast, perfect autumn weather. 25.5 deg C. wind: 14.8 kph 180° S No rain. The weekend looks like more of the same. Minimum 18 Maximum 27.

Beautiful warm sunny day . . now into a chilly clear night. . Autumn is here.   

It's cold in my room *shudder*

Overcast with some showers. Rained overnight. A beautiful sunny perfectly weathered Easter was had in SE Qld. Glorious Autumn weather. Currently Maroochydore is: 24.5,
31.5 kph 130° SE. I love where I live!

The weather in brissie is ok in autumn/winter but brutal all other times.

Hobart or melbourne would suit me

Anyway some cloudy weather coming up,maybe some showers & temps getting more bearable.

Brutal in Spring AND Summer, Fajo? I only find a tiny bit of Summer hard to take. I love this time of year, right now it is perfect. I lived in NSW for all but the last 12 and a bit years of my 50 year life and hated summers and winters in NSW. I will only ever live on the coast. I was born and lived for 26 years in inland NSW and the weather there was, and still is, very hard to take. Too extreme for my liking. Where I live is much easier for me to take than dry 40 degree heat like NSW, Vic and SA suffers every summer. Today has been a beautiful bright, very pleasant Autumn day here in Maroochy.

It's been cold and wet for the last few weeks now, thank God for heaters