Cyclone Lam May Affect Australia's Northern Territory

The Arafura Sea off the coast of northern Australia may spawn cyclone Lam in a day or two. 

The tropical storm is likely to be born in the Arafura Sea a few hundred kilometers north-east  of Wessel Islands in northern Australia. Lam is likely to form on February 17 2015 and intensify rapidly and hit the coast at Wessel Islands and Arnhem Land in Northern Territory a few hundred kilometers east of Darwin.

Lam is going to be small but nasty gusty cyclone which will bring heavy rains in the areas described above. It will make landfall on February 18 at Wessel Islands.

Darwin will not be affected.

There is a strong possibility of a much bigger tropical cyclone hitting north-west Australia around February 23, 2015. This one will form near the coast of Collier Bay and Kimberley Plateau. Though this storm will not affect Darwin the north-western coast of the country will be severely affected.