Wet weather has plagued the Whitsundays all week and with a tropical low forming on the monsoon trough near the Solomon Islands, many residents are bracing themselves for the possibility of another cyclone.
With Cyclone Debbie entrenched in the local narrative and mass media sensationalising moderate weather reports, Whitsunday Life Newspaper decided to find out how this weather system will affect our region by talking to a local expert.
Liam Leonard from L&K Mackay Severe Weather has been following the weather as a hobby for 10 years and his Facebook Page has an impressive 24K followers who all listen to his predictions.
“I'm pretty damn good at what I do weatherwise,” he said.
“My forecasting is pretty damn accurate, especially when it comes down to cyclones and severe weather.
When discussing this week’s severe weather, Liam said that on Wednesday the system was just travelling and strengthening.
“It looks like we will have a tropical cyclone,” he explained.
“But no model suggests that it will impact Australia whatsoever.”
Liam predicts it will remain 400 kilometres off the South East coast of Australia and will continue to travel in a South East direction.
“We will get a few scud showers – fast moving, small, intense bursts of showers and some strong winds but it will be close to all over by Friday,” he predicts.
“Every year when we have a severe weather event the media always predict the worst-case scenario and put fear into people so they run out and buy all the bread and milk!
“I always give people the straight up version of what is likely to happen, without all the BS!
“I’ve lived here most of my life so I know the geographical lay of the land and can predict what is likely going to happen in our local area.”
For real time updates head to L&K Mackay Severe Weather and ‘like’ Liam’s page.
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