Tropical Cyclone Maila is gathering force and momentum off the coast of Australia, but experts are struggling to pinpoint a landfall zone and time as the massive weather front proves unpredictable.<\/p>\n
Alerts have been issued for vast areas of Far North Queensland as the huge low-pressure system strengthens over the Solomon Sea before it is expected to drift out toward the Coral Sea.<\/p>\n
Forecasters are scrambling to zero in on the time and areas likely to be hardest hit in the coming days as the cyclone bears down on Australia.<\/p>\n
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By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is currently a lot of uncertainty amongst weather models on whether a tropical cyclone could be impacting Queensland through the next seven to 10 days,\u201d Sky News<\/a> meteorologist Tamsin Green said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is the potential of this system starting to inch farther west towards Queensland\u2019s coast towards the end of this week into next weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n The huge weather front is proving very difficult to read with several scenarios now in play, including the system remaining offshore or changing path and landing in the Northern Territory, further west or heading east down the coast.<\/p>\n \u201cIt could be staying towards the west and skirting up towards the north of the Cape York Peninsula, staying out at sea,\u201d Ms Green said.<\/p>\n \u201cOr, it could make an NT landfall, or even be skirting towards the east, and just staying out in the Coral Sea.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, certainly this is one to watch out for as a lot could change over the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n