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canetoad

(18,106 posts)
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 05:36 PM Dec 2023

Severe Tropical Cyclone

Severe TC Jasper is moving southward from the Marshall Islands and expected to make landfall in Queensland as a Cat 5. Speaking with my sister in Queensland yesterday, she doesn't expect to be in the path it will likely hit further north, near Cairns. She is in Hervey Bay - that little hook on the east coast just below the 1016 isobar.

Down south, where I am (just across the strait from Tasmania), it's hot and very overcast. Huge drops of rain and plunking down. I'm quite enjoying it!



More from the national broadcaster....
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-08/tropical-cyclone-jasper-queensland-coast-this-weekend-weather/103202728

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Severe Tropical Cyclone (Original Post) canetoad Dec 2023 OP
Stay safe. jimfields33 Dec 2023 #1
I'm too far south canetoad Dec 2023 #2
Yikes! 2naSalit Dec 2023 #3
I usually go straight to the top canetoad Dec 2023 #4
I used to get mine at... 2naSalit Dec 2023 #5

jimfields33

(18,696 posts)
1. Stay safe.
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 05:45 PM
Dec 2023

I was in Cairns for a week and had a blast. I hope they make it no matter how bad they are hit.

2naSalit

(92,495 posts)
3. Yikes!
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 06:47 PM
Dec 2023

My favorite global satellite web site closed down and now I don't get a good global view without going to a bunch of different sites. I did see potential there yesterday. There have been some serious earthquakes around there the past week including a 7+ magnitude yesterday.


https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html

canetoad

(18,106 posts)
4. I usually go straight to the top
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 07:09 PM
Dec 2023

And get my weather info from the Bureau of Meteorology - I figure they are the ones who supply the other sources. It's a bit hard to find cyclone tracking sites in this neck of the wood. I sometimes use this site: https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/

2naSalit

(92,495 posts)
5. I used to get mine at...
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 07:15 PM
Dec 2023

A gov't site that showed the whole globe on a loop if you chose and they remade it because it's an aviation based product but it sucks if you aren't mapping out a flight plan. And I don't like that zoom web site, it doesn't have the features I desire.

I'm still looking, I'll find one eventually.

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