Alfred has made landfall on Moreton Island east of Brisbane and is currently situated near Caboolture as it continues to very slowly move and slowly weaken.

BoM has now downgraded Alfred to an ex-tropical cyclone – this happened moments after we recorded this video so please note the cyclone is no longer Category 1 (as Phil says would happen). This downgrading of the storm does not impact what we say in the video or the forecast (as it was expected to happen). 

Destructive winds are expected to ease over Saturday but generally speaking gusty weather fans out across coastal Qld and NSW along with large portions of inland NSW over Sunday and Monday as the low falls apart but interacts with very powerful high pressure out over the Tasman Sea towards New Zealand.

Rain is going to become more of a main focus this weekend.

This is our final update on Ex-Cyclone Alfred.

Keep up to date with the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia for all local warnings today and tomorrow.

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No Videos Monday
Our normal Australia-only Monday video (and our usual NZ video) won’t be issued on Monday – but we’re back again on Tuesday with our next video updates.