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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kev Murphy on January 27, 2017, 05:35:08 PM

Title: Cyclone developing off the North West coast
Post by: Kev Murphy on January 27, 2017, 05:35:08 PM

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-220.38,-35.95,836

Title: Re: Cyclone developing off the North West coast
Post by: alans1100 on January 27, 2017, 06:17:46 PM

That's nothing unusual up there for this time of year. http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/wa-cyclone-alert-pilbara-warned-of-possible-weekend-cyclone/525759 (http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/wa-cyclone-alert-pilbara-warned-of-possible-weekend-cyclone/525759)

Title: Re: Cyclone developing off the North West coast
Post by: Kev Murphy on January 28, 2017, 06:31:33 AM

gaining intensity but not moving much

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=121.78,-28.23,1821

Title: Re: Cyclone developing off the North West coast
Post by: Kev Murphy on January 28, 2017, 10:57:53 PM

WA cyclone: BOM gives Pilbara residents all clear for tropical low
Saturday January 28, 2017 - 21:44 EDT

People in parts of Western Australia's Pilbara region are given the all clear by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) regarding a tropical low that earlier prompted a blue alert.

In an update issued this evening, BOM advised the tropical is moving further away from the coast.

"The tropical low may reach tropical cyclone intensity overnight but should not affect the mainland," BOM said.