Thread: QLD Australia bracing for a cat 5 cyclone in a few hours

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http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohe...hirgmscol.html

After just going through all the floods in queensland Australia, now they are facing a life threatening cat 5 cyclone, with the ocean expected to surge 4.5 meters in just 3 hours, the cyclone is expected to hit from 8.30 pm and continue to get stronger up until 10.pm and beyond.
this will be the biggest cyclone to hit the country in australian history.
check out the size of this mother f.......... in the above link.
this link shows just how much bigger it is than the previouse ones we have had.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1225997904763
lucky foir me i live in new south wales, a long way from me.
barnsey

Oh God, that looks horrible. What is a Cyclone exactly? I know Hurricanes but not sure of the difference.

We wish them well over there.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Oh God, that looks horrible. What is a Cyclone exactly? I know Hurricanes but not sure of the difference.

We wish them well over there.

Don

hope you get all your toys up on dry land? ,we are on a snowstorm watch ourselves tonight for up to two feet of snow and strong wind blown snow ,this year has sucked for just about all of us ,,BOB FROM BUFFALO NEW YORK

Good Luck to Y'all folks down under - - - may God be with you thru this ordeal.

Geez, that thing's huge. The cyclone is simply a southern hemisphere hurricane, rotating in the opposite direction due to polar attraction as I recall? As you said, it's good to be a distance away from that bad boy.

OMG - that's a lot worse then what BBC on-line showed this morning. That wind speed 320kph translates to approximately 198mph for us here in America. Much worse then our latest bad one, Katrina

Good luck to any of our members and their families and everyone else that are in the path - you're in our prayers

I wish the best of luck for your colleages barnsey....I`ve never seen anything like the weather we`ve all seen this year everywhere...

you guys stay buckled up and stay safe. been tracking hurricanes and cyclones for years. never saw one this ferocious.

heres the latest live map.
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohe...hirgmscol.html

Y'all are in our thoughts and prayers this morning.

I have a question, if I may. I think that Hurricanes and Cyclones rotate in opposite directions so does being south of the equator change the rotation?

looking at this live sat image this one is rotating clockwise.
http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/Wea...#QLD/rainradar

Thanks Barnsey, but the more I look around the net for info on this, the more confused I get. One source said emphatically that hurricanes and cyclones rotate in the opposite direction and then I found this statement.

Cyclonic rotation is a term used to describe the rotating movement of a tropical storm. In the Northern Hemisphere, tropical storms rotate counterclockwise. In the Southern Hemisphere, tropical cyclones rotate clockwise. Both directions of rotation are due to the Coriolis Effect and the major wind belts on Earth.

One more question please?
Is a cyclone just a hurricane that is below the equator, maybe? Or does each of them occur on both sides of the equator?

(no hi-jack intended here)

mello hurricanes is what we call them when they are in the atlantic and pacific when they are close to us. cyclones are what they are called when they are near asia and points west. cyclones are more powerful as they travel over the open warm waters for a longer period of time and gain more power. both hurricanes and cyclones get there direction of rotation from wether they are north or south of the equator. just like toilet bowls flush in different directions north or south of the equator.

Thanks Barb, now I understand !

meller

anytime mello as much as you help me with the car stuff.