1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Sarah here with you, filling in for Katie Wolf back 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: on board for the regular three sixty show tomorrow if 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: you want to contact us, though, Kathleen is still here. 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: Eight nine four one one four nine. It has been 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: a very another very wet few days, and it is 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: another wet Monday. That's all I seem to be talking 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: about at the moment. But we're going to do a 8 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: catch up with from the Bureau of Meteorology with Senior 9 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: Meteorologist Jess Lingard. Good morning, How are you. 10 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm doing well, Thank you. So wet, so wet, 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 2: the understatement of the year. 12 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: How's it going down at the Bureau? You guys would 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: be fairly busy down there. 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it's busy. You know, we're monitoring the rainfall. 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 2: We're monitoring the flood levels across the top end, and 16 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: you know, we're trying to gaze into our crystal balls 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: and work out whether or not more rainfall is coming 18 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: and how that rainfall may impact the current flooding that 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: we do have across the top end. There is some 20 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: good news that is that the tropical low that has 21 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: brought the bulk of this rainfall is dissipating, so it's weakening, 22 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: it's becoming less impactful, and the rainfall that we're currently 23 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: seeing around the northwest of the top end is moving 24 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: slowly offshore, so the bulk of the sort of worst 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: rainfall is over the water at the moment. We do 26 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 2: still have some persistent showers though across the top end, 27 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: and unfortunately they will be lingering around for a little while. 28 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 2: The other piece of good news is that the monsoon 29 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 2: sort of pulsey surge that we've been seeing for the 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: last week or so is also starting to weaken from tomorrow, 31 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 2: so that does mean little less moisture in the air, 32 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: a little less sort of extreme rainfall figures as well. 33 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: That's not to say that we're cutting dry now. There 34 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 2: are still going to be showers across the top end 35 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 2: throughout this week, and there are still going to be 36 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 2: pockets of heavy rainfall, and those pockets of heavy rainfall 37 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 2: may have an impact on the current flooding that we 38 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: are seeing across the top end, especially along sort of 39 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: the Daily and the Catherine Rivers. We have still a 40 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: fair number of flood warnings out. We've got the minor 41 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: flood warning for the Waterhouse River as a flood warning 42 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: out for the Ropa River, but the big ones are 43 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 2: the major flood warning for the Georgina, Georgina River and 44 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: Air Creek. We've got the major flood warning for the 45 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: Daily River and the major flood warning for the Catherine River. 46 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: The latest update to the Catherine River flood warning was 47 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: issued less than an hour ago, so at the moment, 48 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 2: Catherine Town, so the Catherine Bridge is currently just around 49 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 2: seventeen point one meters. It is slowly falling, so we 50 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 2: are below the major flood level there. We do have 51 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 2: moderate flooding at the moment, but there was some rainfall 52 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 2: yesterday and that is going to be slowly sort of 53 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: moving through the catchment. There is a possibility of renewed 54 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: rises to around the major flood level, which is about 55 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 2: seventeen and a half met is overnight tonight and into tomorrow, 56 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 2: and further rises are possible with the forecast rainfall that 57 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: we have this week. A little bit further downstream, Catherine 58 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: River at Nitmluck Center is currently at around four point 59 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: four meters and falling. That has minor flooding on it 60 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: at the moment, but once again we've still got some 61 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: forecast rainfall across the region. So we could see the 62 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 2: river level rising there up to around the moderate flood 63 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: level early tomorrow morning, so that's at about five and 64 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: a half meet is the other one that we just 65 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 2: want to quickly touch on is the major flooding at 66 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: the Daily River. This is quite a slow river both 67 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: to rise and to recede. So while we have seen 68 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: the peak of the flooding along the Catherine River, we 69 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 2: have not yet seen the peak along the Daily River, 70 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: so that might be might occur this week. We are 71 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 2: likely to be experiencing significant and prolonged major flooding at 72 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: the Daily River, especially at the police station there, so 73 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 2: probably going to be still in major flooding through next week. 74 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: So just really quickly, Jess. There's no prediction that it's 75 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: going to get as high as what it was, particularly 76 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: for that Catherine River. 77 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, so at this stage, look for the Catherine River. 78 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: We did peak just around nineteen meters late on Saturday, 79 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: So while we're going to be back up above the 80 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: sort of the major level, at around the major level, 81 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 2: we're probably still going to be about a meter and 82 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 2: a half below that peak that we saw over the weekend. 83 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: So fingers crossed. That's the sort of the bulk of 84 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 2: it done, and that we will slowly see conditions improving 85 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: as we are no longer expecting those sort of wide 86 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 2: spread heavy falls. 87 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: Do you have any any anything for us to how 88 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: long we can expect those river levels to stay that high, 89 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: like as high as they are now. 90 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 2: Look, Well, hopefully we just see this renewed rise early 91 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: to well overnight tonight or early tomorrow morning, and then 92 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 2: as we start to sort of move through the rest 93 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: of the week, we'll continue that sort of slow receding 94 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 2: that we have seen already since Saturday, and that will 95 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 2: just continue and we'll just keep our fingers crossed that 96 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,799 Speaker 2: we don't see any sort of isolated pockets of heavy 97 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 2: rainfall around the Catherine area for the rest of this week, 98 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 2: because obviously if we do, then unfortunately that is going 99 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 2: to feed into the river systems. But while we can 100 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: forecast the risk of rainfall, we can't tell you exactly 101 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 2: where it's going to fall. Yeah. 102 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: No, Look, we really appreciate you being able to come 103 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: on today, Jess, so thank you so much. And Katie 104 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 1: were back on board tomorrow, so she'll catch up with 105 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: you as any updates comes through from the Bureau. 106 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: So thank you perfect. Thank you so much. 107 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: Senior Meteorologist Jesslingard there from the Bureau of Meteorology, thank 108 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: you for joining us. And yeah, just keep in mind 109 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: that those advices that are coming through on bomb, keep 110 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: yourself across them, and just make sure that we're following 111 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: all those emergency procedures as well.