I know they are unpredictable. Have lived in NQ for most of my life. Been through multiple cyclones before. But the BOM has really struck out on this one. Late last night until early this morning, they had the track as crossing Gladstone as a category one.
Today it was crossing at Yeppoon as a cat 2. All of a sudden it's a cat 5, crossing about 200kms North. They are merely reporting what it's doing. As far as forecasting or predicting anything, they are useless.