Residents in WA's north urged to prepare for cyclone season

The Bureau of Metreorology says it will no longer publish a tropical cyclone seasonal outlook due to unreliability in the face of a changing climate.

The tropical cyclone seasonal outlook forecast the upcoming season's cyclonic activity.

"This model had skill early on, but in a changing climate, these historical relationships and statistical models proved to be less reliable for predicting seasonal conditions," the bureau's senior climatologist, Felicity Gamble, said.

Ms Gamble said the seasonal outlook had limited use for emergency preparedness, and while interesting, did not correlate to impact.

"Every year, at least one makes landfall, and it really only takes one to cause significant and potentially prolonged damage,"

she said.

"So having a forecast or a potential forecast that m