Posted by feww on March 21, 2010
Cyclone ULUI brought heavy rainfall, flooding to areas between Bowen and St Lawrence, Australia.
ULUI is losing intensity rapidly and is now at tropical storm strength, with winds of about 63 km/hr (34 kt) Australia’s BOM reported.
Tropical Cyclone ULUI – Visible [postcard] image – MTSAT 1R – Dated March 21, 2010 at 00:00UTC. Source: Digital Typhoon. Click image to enlarge.
“At 8:00 am EST Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ului, was estimated to be overland 120 kilometres west southwest of Bowen and 60 kilometres west of Collinsville and moving west southwest at 26 kilometres per hour.” BOM reported.
Readers who have had training as government employees and are familiar with bureaucratic cross-referencing may be able to extract more information from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology website; however, they appear to have issued their last warning concerning ULUI.
Unless ULUI re-intensifies, this entry would be Fire-Earth’s final update on ULUI.
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Posted by feww on March 20, 2010
Was it Something We Said?
ULUI Intensifies to a Category 1 Hurricane on FEWW New Hurricane Scale,and Intensifying
UPDATE on March 20 at 06:30UTC
- Position: 19.7S, 151.7E
- Max Sustained Winds: 152 km/hr (~ 82 kt)
- Wind Gusts: 200 km/hr (~ 107 kt)
- Movement: WSW (240 degrees)
- Forward Speed: ~ 24 km/hr (13 kt)
- Location: About 515 km EAST (98.5degrees) of Townsville, Australia
- Maximum significant wave height: 9m (27 feet)
- Sources: JTWC, CIMSS and others.
- Comments: The cyclone’s deep convection has developed much further. Satellite images indicate that ULUI could develop an eye before it strikes the Australian coast. Warm coastal waters are feeding ULUI and there’s little vertical wind shear to oppose the cyclone from further strengthening. ULUI could potentially intensify into a category 2A [90 percent probability], a Cat 2B [64 percent probability] or even a Cat 3A [~ 50 percent probability] Hurrine force on FEWW New Hurricane Scale before making a landfall.
- Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology has warned that up to 30cm of rain could fall in areas under the projected path of TC ULUI.
Cyclone ULUI IR Satellite image with GFS and CMC forecast tracks superimposed. The track marked in yellow is Fire-Earth Forecast. Source CIMSS. Click Images to enlarge.
Tropical Cyclone ULUI – Visible [postcard] image – MTSAT 1R – Dated March 20, 2010 at 05:00UTC. Source: Digital Typhoon. Click image to enlarge.
On the Ground …
Meanwhile, Australia’s Queensland prime minister (they have one for each state), Anna Bligh, has declared a disaster zone across the state’s central and northern coast a day ahead of cyclone ULUI arrival.
Bligh declared the Townsville, Burdekin, Whitsunday, Charters Towers, Mackay, Isaac, Rockhampton and Central Highlands as disaster areas, local reports said.
“This declaration is in anticipation that some properties may need to be evacuated in the coming hours as Tropical Cyclone Ului approaches and then crosses the North Queensland coast,” she said.
“The declaration gives Emergency Services agencies the power of mandatory evacuations if required.”
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Posted by feww on March 18, 2010
Image of the Day:
ULUI left its heart above 15ºS
Cyclone ULUI – Visible/IR Image. Source CIMSS. Click Images to enlarge.
Tropical Cyclone ULUI – Visible image – MTSAT 1R – Dated March 18, 2010 at 06:00UTC. Source: Digital Typhoon. Click image to enlarge.
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Posted by feww on March 18, 2010
ULUI Moving!
Having spent 36 hours in a ‘quasistationery state,’ ULUI is finally moving
If you have been monitoring satellite images of cyclone ULUI, you would have probably noticed it wasn’t moving much despite various data indicating an average speed of about 8.8km/hr.
ULUI is now moving at an average speed of about 9 km/hr (5 kt) SSW at sustained wind speeds of about 190 km/hr with gusts of up to 240 km/hr (but weakening).
ULUI is about 1,250 kms ENE of Cairns, Australia, and is expected to come ashore in about three and a half days and dissipate over eastern Australia within two days thereafter.
The flowing image is a visible/infrared satellite image with all sorts of wacky dynamic model forecasts superimposed.
Cyclone ULUI – Visible/IR Image with Dynamic Model Forecasts Superimposed. Source CIMSS. Click Images to enlarge.
Tropical Cyclone ULUI – Visible image – MTSAT 1R – Dated March 18, 2010 at 00:00UTC. Source: Digital Typhoon. Click image to enlarge.
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