Severe Cyclone Monica poses a great threat to the North Coast of Australia...
The monster storm is a category five now on both the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale and the Australian Cycline Severity Scale...
FAST FACTS....Details of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica at 10 pm CST:
. Centre located near...... 11.3 degrees South 136.7 degrees East
. Location accuracy........ within 30 kilometres
. Recent movement.......... towards the west at 12 km/h (7 mph)
. Wind gusts near centre... 350 kilometres per hour (217 mph)
. Maximum sustained winds...160 mph (Catgeory 5)
. Intensity................ CATEGORY 5
. Central pressure......... 905 hectoPascals (same as millibars - now as strong as Camille)
Camille was 905 mb at her strongest. Katrina was 902 at her peak. Rita 897 at her peak. Wilma was 882 mb at her peak..making her the strongest Atlantic storm on record.
A side note...the NHC says that the 882 mb from Wilma is probably not as low as it really was. When the Hurricane Hunters recorded an observation of 884 mb at 2:01 am CST on October 19, 2005, the wind at the aurface was 23 knots meaning the dropsonde did not find the true center. They estimated that the central pressure was 882 mb. It would be a while before the next dropsonde and the hurricane was intensifying, so indeed the lowest pressure in the storm was probably actually even lower.
But as it stands, Wilma holds the record now for the lowest pressure ever observed in an Atlantic hurricane...amazing...
By the way...here is a great conversion page to help you with the metric system items...
http://www.songslinger.net/convertme.htm
Here is the complete advisory issued at 10 pm Australian Time (They are 14 1/2 hours ahead of us here.) See what you think about how the Aussies handle their warning process...
IDDP0002
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre
TOP PRIORITY
MEDIA: Transmitters serving the Gove area are requested to use the cyclone
emergency warning signal with this message.
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 58
Issued by the BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, DARWIN
at 11:00 pm CST Sunday 23 April 2006
A CYCLONE WARNING is current for coastal and island communities between CAPE
SHIELD and POINT STUART, including NHULUNBUY, JABIRU and COBOURG PENINSULA.
A CYCLONE WATCH extends southwest between POINT STUART and PORT KEATS, including
DARWIN and the TIWI ISLANDS.
At 10 pm CST SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica CATEGORY 5 was located about 100
kilometres north of NHULUNBUY, and 145 kilometres east northeast of ELCHO
ISLAND, moving west at 12 kilometres per hour. The cyclone should remain close
to its current intensity as it moves further west, just north of the northern
Top End coast overnight. The cyclone is expected to weaken slightly as it passes
over the base of COBOURG PENINSULA before reaching the northwest DARWIN-DALY and
TIWI ISLAND area early on Tuesday.
The VERY DESTRUCTIVE core of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica with gusts to 350
kilometres per hour is currently passing over the Wessel Islands, and is
expected to impact other islands of northeast Arnhem Land, including the
northern parts of ELCHO ISLAND in the next few hours. The VERY DESTRUCTIVE core
is then expected to impact the north coast of western Arnhem Land between
MILINGIMBI and CROKER ISLAND during Monday.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS with gusts to 160 kilometres per hour are currently being
experienced on other islands of northeast Arnhem Land, and are expected to
extend further west as far as CROKER ISLAND during Monday.
GALES with gusts to 100 kilometres per hour are currently being experienced on
the far northeast Arnhem Land coast, and are expected to extend westwards as far
as POINT STUART and COBOURG PENINSULA on Monday night.
GALES will continue to extend westward and may develop over the northwest
DARWIN-DALY and TIWI ISLAND area on Tuesday morning.
DANGEROUSLY HIGH TIDES could cause EXTENSIVE FLOODING at the coast between CAPE
SHIELD and ELCHO ISLAND tonight.
HEAVY RAIN is expected to cause significant stream rises and flooding of low
lying areas in northeastern Arnhem Land tonight, extending across the remainder
of the northern Top End on Monday.
Details of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica at 10 pm CST:
. Centre located near...... 11.3 degrees South 136.7 degrees East
. Location accuracy........ within 30 kilometres
. Recent movement.......... towards the west at 12 km/h
. Wind gusts near centre... 350 kilometres per hour
. Intensity................ CATEGORY 5
. Central pressure......... 905 hectoPascals
REPEATING: A CYCLONE WARNING is current between CAPE SHIELD and POINT STUART,
including NHULUNBUY, JABIRU and COBOURG PENINSULA. A CYCLONE WATCH extends
southwest to PORT KEATS, including DARWIN and the TIWI ISLANDS.
The next advice will be issued at 2 am CST.
This advice is available on telephone NT-1300 659 211
The monster storm is a category five now on both the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale and the Australian Cycline Severity Scale...
FAST FACTS....Details of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica at 10 pm CST:
. Centre located near...... 11.3 degrees South 136.7 degrees East
. Location accuracy........ within 30 kilometres
. Recent movement.......... towards the west at 12 km/h (7 mph)
. Wind gusts near centre... 350 kilometres per hour (217 mph)
. Maximum sustained winds...160 mph (Catgeory 5)
. Intensity................ CATEGORY 5
. Central pressure......... 905 hectoPascals (same as millibars - now as strong as Camille)
Camille was 905 mb at her strongest. Katrina was 902 at her peak. Rita 897 at her peak. Wilma was 882 mb at her peak..making her the strongest Atlantic storm on record.
A side note...the NHC says that the 882 mb from Wilma is probably not as low as it really was. When the Hurricane Hunters recorded an observation of 884 mb at 2:01 am CST on October 19, 2005, the wind at the aurface was 23 knots meaning the dropsonde did not find the true center. They estimated that the central pressure was 882 mb. It would be a while before the next dropsonde and the hurricane was intensifying, so indeed the lowest pressure in the storm was probably actually even lower.
But as it stands, Wilma holds the record now for the lowest pressure ever observed in an Atlantic hurricane...amazing...
By the way...here is a great conversion page to help you with the metric system items...
http://www.songslinger.net/convertme.htm
Here is the complete advisory issued at 10 pm Australian Time (They are 14 1/2 hours ahead of us here.) See what you think about how the Aussies handle their warning process...
IDDP0002
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre
TOP PRIORITY
MEDIA: Transmitters serving the Gove area are requested to use the cyclone
emergency warning signal with this message.
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 58
Issued by the BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, DARWIN
at 11:00 pm CST Sunday 23 April 2006
A CYCLONE WARNING is current for coastal and island communities between CAPE
SHIELD and POINT STUART, including NHULUNBUY, JABIRU and COBOURG PENINSULA.
A CYCLONE WATCH extends southwest between POINT STUART and PORT KEATS, including
DARWIN and the TIWI ISLANDS.
At 10 pm CST SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica CATEGORY 5 was located about 100
kilometres north of NHULUNBUY, and 145 kilometres east northeast of ELCHO
ISLAND, moving west at 12 kilometres per hour. The cyclone should remain close
to its current intensity as it moves further west, just north of the northern
Top End coast overnight. The cyclone is expected to weaken slightly as it passes
over the base of COBOURG PENINSULA before reaching the northwest DARWIN-DALY and
TIWI ISLAND area early on Tuesday.
The VERY DESTRUCTIVE core of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica with gusts to 350
kilometres per hour is currently passing over the Wessel Islands, and is
expected to impact other islands of northeast Arnhem Land, including the
northern parts of ELCHO ISLAND in the next few hours. The VERY DESTRUCTIVE core
is then expected to impact the north coast of western Arnhem Land between
MILINGIMBI and CROKER ISLAND during Monday.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS with gusts to 160 kilometres per hour are currently being
experienced on other islands of northeast Arnhem Land, and are expected to
extend further west as far as CROKER ISLAND during Monday.
GALES with gusts to 100 kilometres per hour are currently being experienced on
the far northeast Arnhem Land coast, and are expected to extend westwards as far
as POINT STUART and COBOURG PENINSULA on Monday night.
GALES will continue to extend westward and may develop over the northwest
DARWIN-DALY and TIWI ISLAND area on Tuesday morning.
DANGEROUSLY HIGH TIDES could cause EXTENSIVE FLOODING at the coast between CAPE
SHIELD and ELCHO ISLAND tonight.
HEAVY RAIN is expected to cause significant stream rises and flooding of low
lying areas in northeastern Arnhem Land tonight, extending across the remainder
of the northern Top End on Monday.
Details of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica at 10 pm CST:
. Centre located near...... 11.3 degrees South 136.7 degrees East
. Location accuracy........ within 30 kilometres
. Recent movement.......... towards the west at 12 km/h
. Wind gusts near centre... 350 kilometres per hour
. Intensity................ CATEGORY 5
. Central pressure......... 905 hectoPascals
REPEATING: A CYCLONE WARNING is current between CAPE SHIELD and POINT STUART,
including NHULUNBUY, JABIRU and COBOURG PENINSULA. A CYCLONE WATCH extends
southwest to PORT KEATS, including DARWIN and the TIWI ISLANDS.
The next advice will be issued at 2 am CST.
This advice is available on telephone NT-1300 659 211
on April 24, 2006, 11:39 am
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