Cyclone Olga
Jan. 23rd, 2010 08:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saffiterJust to let you all know...
Tropical Cyclone Olga is due to hit us tomorrow afternoon my time. Roughly sometime late Saturday evening for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere. Forget the last one that was going to get us, that one died as it formed. Olga formed overnight and is moving pretty fast (for a Cyclone) towards us.
The good news is that it's only a Category 1 right now, which means lots of wind ('bout 120km/h or roughly 74.5miles/h) but nothing really more. Lots of wind though. It's getting stronger though, so it might bump up to a Category 2 or 3 again (it was a 3 just under 24 hours ago. Moved from a low to that really, really quickly and then dropped just as fast) by the time it hits us.
A Cyclone WARNING has been declared for coastal areas from Cape Flattery to
Innisfail.
A Cyclone WATCH has is now current for coastal areas from Coen to Cape Flattery
and Innisfail to Lucinda.
At 7:00 pm EST Tropical Cyclone Olga, Category 1 was estimated to be
335 kilometres east northeast of Cairns and 400 kilometres north northeast of
Townsville moving west at 18 kilometres per hour while intensifying.
TROPICAL CYCLONE OLGA, CATEGORY 1, is currently over the northwest Coral Sea and
is moving towards the coast while intensifying.
That's the current warning, anyway. Everything's gone pretty still here. There's not much wind and the rain that's been going on and off all day stopped a couple of hours ago.
I'm roughly smack in the middle of Cape Coen to Lucinda. Looks like the centre's gonna go over the top of Port Douglas, which is an hour or so north of me.
We're prepared, so don't worry. And, as I said, Cat 1, so nothing really, really scary ^___^. Though we might loose power.
Anyway, I'll keep you updated as I know what's happening.
*EDIT*
Well, crappity. It's been bumped up to a Catagory 2. We're off Cyclone Watch now and into a full on Cyclone Warning.
Tropical Cyclone Olga is due to hit us tomorrow afternoon my time. Roughly sometime late Saturday evening for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere. Forget the last one that was going to get us, that one died as it formed. Olga formed overnight and is moving pretty fast (for a Cyclone) towards us.
The good news is that it's only a Category 1 right now, which means lots of wind ('bout 120km/h or roughly 74.5miles/h) but nothing really more. Lots of wind though. It's getting stronger though, so it might bump up to a Category 2 or 3 again (it was a 3 just under 24 hours ago. Moved from a low to that really, really quickly and then dropped just as fast) by the time it hits us.
A Cyclone WARNING has been declared for coastal areas from Cape Flattery to
Innisfail.
A Cyclone WATCH has is now current for coastal areas from Coen to Cape Flattery
and Innisfail to Lucinda.
At 7:00 pm EST Tropical Cyclone Olga, Category 1 was estimated to be
335 kilometres east northeast of Cairns and 400 kilometres north northeast of
Townsville moving west at 18 kilometres per hour while intensifying.
TROPICAL CYCLONE OLGA, CATEGORY 1, is currently over the northwest Coral Sea and
is moving towards the coast while intensifying.
That's the current warning, anyway. Everything's gone pretty still here. There's not much wind and the rain that's been going on and off all day stopped a couple of hours ago.
I'm roughly smack in the middle of Cape Coen to Lucinda. Looks like the centre's gonna go over the top of Port Douglas, which is an hour or so north of me.
We're prepared, so don't worry. And, as I said, Cat 1, so nothing really, really scary ^___^. Though we might loose power.
Anyway, I'll keep you updated as I know what's happening.
*EDIT*
Well, crappity. It's been bumped up to a Catagory 2. We're off Cyclone Watch now and into a full on Cyclone Warning.
