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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 15
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
Issued at 2:57pm EST on Wednesday the 2nd of February 2011
Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi at 3:00 pm EST:
.Centre located near...... 17.0 degrees South 148.4 degrees East
.Location accuracy........ within 30 kilometres
.Recent movement.......... towards the west southwest at 35 kilometres per hour
.Wind gusts near centre... 285 kilometres per hour
.Severity category........ 5
.Central pressure......... 930 hectoPascals
Northern Queensland is in the path of this giant.
For some idea of how big this thing is, here's a picture of the cyclone area overlaid on a map of the USA.
Thoughts and prayers for the safety of everyone in its path.
1 comment:
Wow. I hope everyone comes through that OK.
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