The monsoon trough extended across north Queensland and the northern Coral Sea. A tropical low was
identified over the southeast Gulf of Carpentaria on Wednesday, 1st February. The low began to move
eastwards on Thursday and tracked across the Cape York Peninsula to be located off the north Queensland
coast on Friday, 3rd February. During this time, a strong northwest monsoon flow with gales developed to the
north of the low. These area of gales extended across the northwest Coral Sea. The low maintained an
easterly track and gradually intensified to a tropical cyclone status on Saturday. The low was named
Tropical Cyclone Jasmine at 10pm on Saturday, 4th February.
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Jasmine continued in an easterly direction and intensified to a Category 2 system on Sunday, 5th February.
While still intensifying, Jasmine remained a Category 2 system as it moved out of the Brisbane's area of
responsibility at 10pm on Monday, 6th February. Further warnings were issued by Nadi Regional Specialised
Meteorological Centre as Jasmine moved closer to the west of Vanuatu.
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Jasmine was the second tropical cyclone in the Queensland area of responsibility during the 2011/12
season.
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***All information relating to intensity and track is preliminary information based on operational
estimates and subject to change following post analysis***
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