Saturday 25 December 2010

A Christmas ... cyclone

The first cyclone of the season, Tropical Cyclone Tasha* is expected to make landfall somewhere between Port Douglas and Cardwell in a few hours. They should have called it Santa, but cyclone naming conventions don't work that way.

It's very wet and moderately windy up here now. The cyclone is intensifying, so the conditions will become livelier as the storm approaches. I thought I'd better post this just in case the power goes off. So much for a quiet Christmas!

Tropical Cyclone Tasha nearing NE coast of Queensland
(Image: Bureau of Meteorology)
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* This link covers current cyclones in the Australian region.