We have Snowzilla in the USA…
…and Yasi in Oz. Crikey! Look at the size of this thing a day ago:
Jo Nova has a size comparison for the present.
To give you some idea of just how expansive Yasi is, look at the size of it compared to the continental USA, and the UK just for scale.
Yasi 2011 – Cat4
More here at Jo Nova’s including some links to monitor the cyclone
Note to my friends in Townsville, QLD and Cairns: get outta there! Be safe.
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That is Big! Oz is really copping it this year.
Can/will anyone comment on the improvements made to this kind of imaging in the last decade or two?
. . . I can search on my own . . as I am not and EXpert.
But, I noticed a change(s) around the time of Katrina . . . to me, it appears that the “sight” as improved compared to years ago.
Maybe NOW you’ll all agree to reduce carbon emissions to 350 ppm or less?
No pressure.
/sarcasm
They were calling for a foot+ here in NW Arkansas, some went as high as 15 to 18inches. Instead we got about 5 inches. If that.
Wow!
Sort of puts a cold UK December into context!
I do trust all are well prepared and come through safely.
Good luck QLD.
Yikes! The U.K. would be rinsed clean!
Idle curiosity; are there any wind turbines in the way? If so, they won’t be there for long.
An old mate of mine who moved to Oz in 1992 used to say NZ rained too much. How I wish we could have some of their rain now.
Good luck North Queesland with your latest weather bomb. Hope it is not as bad as forecasted.
That’s a whole lot of clouds, but clouds don’t do any damage.
Has anyone heard about the size of the actual eyewall? How far out hurricane force winds are predicted to reach?
Right now, it’s path is heading directly for Cairns, which is the worst thing that can happen.
At least they have a warning and know it’s coming.
I feel so sorry for them, and have them all in my prayers.
YOWZZA! THAT’S A REAL CORKER!!!!!!!!!
Looks like the first rain bands are just coming ashore in Queensland:
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemiloops/shirgmscol.html
Our thoughts are with our Aussie friends.
Look here at the animation:
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/yasi-looms-large-over-tiny-tracy-20110201-1ac5o.html
Looks tiny. I’ve seen bigger!
I thought we already used up the name Snowzilla in this country. This has to be the son and daughter of Snowzilla.
Let’s all hope the folks in charge of those reservoirs have given up worrying about saving water for future maybe drought conditions and this time they have been emptying the stored water at maximum speed.
The flooding from this storm will be bad enough . . . adding in more from over topped reservoirs would be more misery to endure.
Cairns looks like it’s gonna get clobbered. I hope everyone there has battened down the hatches and is prepared to ride this out. Looks like the only time I wouldn’t want to be in Queensland. Good luck mates.
Can’t be real. It’s spinning the wrong way.
REPLY: Either you forgot the /sarc tag or you don’t know about how the Coriolis force works in the southern hemisphere – Anthony
This morning (Oz time) Yasi has been upgraded to category 5 and predicted to be the biggest storm to hit Australia in living memory.
try:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/02/3127394.htm?section=justin
or
http://www.abc.net.au/news/
BoM Satellite:
http://www.bom.gov.au/satellite/
By the way, I want to hear Barrie Harrop complain about their drought some more.
Yasi is now a KILLER CYCLONE upgraded to a category 5 with winds over 295 kilometers.
And as expected all the enviro-alarmists who don’t know the difference between “climate” and “weather” will feel compelled to show themselves like quail before a huntin’ dog.
Any bets on this cyclone (weather event) will be used as a sign of man made climate change. even tho it’s an engineering improbability, it would be like creating 100,000 pyramids in under a day.
Should cyclone Yasi be viewed as a man made engineering marvel of the 21st century? Climate change proponents said it’s man made!
Get ready for the long queue of warmists saying they predicted this with their models.
Cyclone Tip (1979) was bigger –
Australia just has the incredibly bad luck to be in the path of a large tropical cyclone. (I hope they had enough warning!) With a Central Pressure of 924 hPa it isn’t on the top ten Pacific cyclones in the past hundred years…
There have been a LOT of killer cyclones it is interesting to note dates for these..
Spent some time looking into cyclones/hurricanes – interesting reading – as long as one is not bearing down on you!
http://www.gorgecreekorchards.com.au/
Has a panoramic web cam.