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BoM: Could be a busy Tropical Cyclone season

Found this on the BoM site… Seasonal Outlook for Tropical Cyclones For the full Australian region, there is a high degree of confidence that the total number of tropical cyclones will be above average (see Table 1). The forecast values from the two models (20-22) are significantly higher than the long-term average value of 12. […]

BoM severe weather warning

28 May 2010 Significant Weather Media Release Severe Weather Alert for Coastal Areas of Southern NSW on Sunday A developing weather system is forecast to bring severe weather to some coastal districts of southern NSW on Sunday. A low pressure system is expected to deepen off the southern NSW coast early Sunday morning and move […]

Watch Ului spin

Check out this spectacular animation of TC Ului and TC Tomas on the NOAA site (thanks to Ted the Kiwi for sending the link!). Tomas is hammering Fiji right now… A tropical cyclone heading for Fiji may be the worst cyclone to ever strike the South Pacific nation, local police say. Fiji Meteorological Service senior […]

Ului latest…

Wednesday and Ului hangs a left and heads southward – to deliver massive swell?

WRL’s 50th Anniversary Open Day

The Water Research Laboratory (WRL)  is celebrating 50 years in 2009, and as a part of our celebrations, we are holding an Open Day. Saturday, 4th July between 9 am and 2 pm at 110 King St, Manly Vale (near Manly Dam) The Water Research Laboratory is a unique facility undertaking various water engineering studies. […]

Tropical Cyclone Hamish

Latest cyclone track update from the BoM From the latest weather warnings page at the BoM: TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN For 8am EST on Wednesday the 11th of March 2009 At 7 am EST Wednesday, Tropical Cyclone Hamish [Category 2] with central pressure 975 hPa has been relocated to latitude 24.6 south longitude 155.2 east, […]

Cyclone Ellie

Did you hear the words “cyclone” and “North Queensland” and think “woo-hoo!”? Well, it should be boo-hoo because little Ellie just barely made it up to category one status before heading into the coast. Of course being a cyclone it is at least theoretically possible for there to be a sudden change of direction, intensification, […]