Australia: TC Jacob: Landfall has occurred

[Chacor]

Following George.

[Rod Hagen]

Following George.

George does a 90º turn and hits the biggest town on this very sparsely populated section of the Australian coast. Jacob does a 320 degree turn and heads for basically the same spot! Nows the time to buy a lottery ticket if you live in Port Hedland, I reckon!

Rod

[HURAKAN]

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 16
Issued at 9:45 pm WDT on Friday, 9 March 2007
BY THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH

A CYCLONE WARNING for CATEGORY 2 CYCLONE GEORGE is now current for inland
eastern Pilbara, including Newman, and Jigalong, the northeast Gascoyne,
northern Goldfields and adjacent western Interior. Refer to Tropical Cyclone
Advice for System 1 for details.

A CYCLONE WATCH for SEVERE CATEGORY 3 CYCLONE Jacob has been declared for
coastal areas from Coral Bay to Bidyadanga, extending inland to include Tom
Price and Marble Bar.

At 9:00 pm WDT Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob was estimated to be 1030 kilometres
northwest of Karratha and 650 kilometres south southeast of Christmas Is and
moving southeast at 17 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob has intensified and is expected to move to the
southeast over the next 24 to 48 hours. Gales may redevelop on the Pilbara coast
later on Sunday as the cyclone approaches, extending inland early on Monday.

Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob at 9:00 pm WDT.

Location of centre : within 55 kilometres of
latitude 15.4 south longitude 108.9 east
Recent movement : southeast at 17 kilometres per hour.
Central Pressure : 960 hectopascals
Maximum wind gusts : 170 kilometres per hour near the centre.
Severity category : 3

FESA-State Emergency Service advises that there are no community alerts for
Cyclone Jacob at present. Please refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice for System 1
for Community Alerts for Tropical Cyclone George.

The next warning will be issued by 1:00 am WDT Saturday 10 March.
Cyclone advices and State Emergency Service Community Alerts are available by
dialling 1300 659 210

A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/cyclone

[HURAKAN]

[HURAKAN]

Becoming better organized.

[KatDaddy]

I cant believe the Port Hedland area will be hammered again! This is very bad news. Imagine Houston, New Orleans, Tampa, or Miami being hit by a CAt 2 and CAT 3 the same week!

[HURAKAN]

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 17
Issued at 1:00 am WDT on Saturday, 10 March 2007
BY THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH

A CYCLONE WATCH for SEVERE CATEGORY 3 CYCLONE Jacob is current for coastal areas
from Coral Bay to Bidyadanga, extending inland to include Tom Price and Marble
Bar.

At 12:00 am WDT Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob was estimated to be 680 kilometres
southeast of Christmas Is and 980 kilometres northwest of Karratha and moving
east southeast at 15 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob has intensified and is expected to move to the
southeast over the next 24 to 48 hours towards the Pilbara coast. Gales may
develop on the Pilbara coast later on Sunday as the cyclone approaches,
extending inland early on Monday.

Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob at 12:00 am WDT.

Location of centre : within 55 kilometres of
latitude 15.2 south longitude 109.6 east
Recent movement : east southeast at 15 kilometres per hour.
Central Pressure : 954 hectopascals
Maximum wind gusts : 195 kilometres per hour near the centre.
Severity category : 3

FESA-State Emergency Service advises that there are no community alerts for
Cyclone Jacob at present.

The next warning will be issued by 4:00 am WDT Saturday 10 March.


Cyclone advices and State Emergency Service Community Alerts are available by
dialling 1300 659 210

A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/cyclone

[P.K.]

I have no problem with that. As long the world agrees on something in common, I'm ok with that. When I came to the US I learned a new language, I think it will be easier to learn how to use the 10-min scale!!!!

I can't see it happening anyway. There is no WMO designated tornado scale either by the way so different scales are used there as well.

[HURAKAN]

Another Cat. 4? Get ready.

[HURAKAN]

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 18
Issued at 4:05 am WDT on Saturday, 10 March 2007
BY THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH

A CYCLONE WATCH for SEVERE CATEGORY 3 CYCLONE Jacob is current for coastal areas
from Coral Bay to Bidyadanga, extending inland to include Tom Price, Paraburdoo
and Marble Bar.

At 3:00 am WDT Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob was estimated to be 940 kilometres
northwest of Karratha and 730 kilometres southeast of Christmas Is and moving
southeast at 15 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob has intensified overnight and is expected to
continue its southeast track in the next 24 to 48 hours towards the Pilbara
coast. The system has the potential to develop further into a category 4 cyclone
prior to landfall.

It is not expected to cause gales in coastal areas in the next 24 hours but
gales could develop on the Pilbara coast during Sunday as the cyclone
approaches, extending inland overnight Sunday or on Monday.

Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob at 3:00 am WDT.

Location of centre : within 55 kilometres of
latitude 15.6 south longitude 109.8 east
Recent movement : southeast at 15 kilometres per hour.
Central Pressure : 954 hectopascals
Maximum wind gusts : 195 kilometres per hour near the centre.
Severity category : 3

FESA-State Emergency Service advises that there are no community alerts for
Cyclone Jacob at present.

The next warning will be issued by 10:00 am WDT Saturday 10 March.

Cyclone advices and State Emergency Service Community Alerts are available by
dialling 1300 659 210

A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/cyclone

[HURAKAN]

I have no problem with that. As long the world agrees on something in common, I'm ok with that. When I came to the US I learned a new language, I think it will be easier to learn how to use the 10-min scale!!!!

I can't see it happening anyway. There is no WMO designated tornado scale either by the way so different scales are used there as well.

I see your point but I think it's still a valid point. It will be great if everyone could use the same scale which should make things less confusing.

[JonathanBelles]

OMG 2 cat 4's in one week, thats two cat 2's in on the SSS?

[HURAKAN]

OMG 2 cat 4's in one week, thats two cat 2's in on the SSS?

That's a double punch. What George didn't finish, Jacob will. P.K., keep in hand the website of the ABC radio station in Western Australia. It will be needed in a few days.

[P.K.]

For reference I'll post the radio links (Still streaming now). http://abc.net.au/streaming/events/network5.ram and http://abc.net.au/streaming/events/network5.asx.

[tropicana]

thanks for those 2 links PK! I love to hear the action play out live!

[AussieMark]

OMG 2 cat 4's in one week, thats two cat 2's in on the SSS?

a category 4 on the aussie scale has sustained winds of

87-108 kts 10 min

in 1 min speeds that would be converted to

99-123 kts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_scales

[HURAKAN]

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 19
Issued at 10:10 am WDT on Saturday, 10 March 2007
BY THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH

A CYCLONE WARNING for a SEVERE CATEGORY 3 cyclone has been declared for coastal
areas from Onslow to Port Hedland.

A CYCLONE WATCH continues for coastal areas from Coral Bay to Onslow and Port
Hedland to Bidyadanga, and extending into the inland Pilbara to include
Paraburdoo, Tom Price, Newman, Nullagine and Marble Bar

At 9:00 am WDT Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob was estimated to be 800 kilometres
northwest of Karratha and 930 kilometres west northwest of Port Hedland and
moving east southeast at 19 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob is expected to continue its southeast track in the
next 24 to 48 hours towards the Pilbara coast. Gales may commence on the Pilbara
coast between Onslow and Port Hedland as early as late Sunday afternoon and a
coastal crossing is possible overnight into Monday morning.

The system has intensified slightly overnight and has reached Category 3
intensity. There is some potential for further development and it is possible
that TC Jacob could reach Category 4 intensity prior to landfall, however at
this stage it is not expected to reach the same intensity as TC George which was
at the top of the Category 4 rating just prior to landfall.


Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob at 9:00 am WDT.

Location of centre : within 55 kilometres of
latitude 16.0 south longitude 111.1 east
Recent movement : east southeast at 19 kilometres per hour.
Central Pressure : 956 hectopascals
Maximum wind gusts : 195 kilometres per hour near the centre.
Severity category : 3

FESA-State Emergency Service advises that there are no community alerts at
present.
Communities between Coral Bay and Bidyadanga, including the inland Pilbara,
should listen for the next advice.

The next warning will be issued by 1:00 pm WDT Saturday 10 March.

Cyclone advices and State Emergency Service Community Alerts are available by
dialling 1300 659 210

A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/cyclone

[CrazyC83]

Sounds like Frances and Jeanne...

[HURAKAN]

[HURAKAN]

Sounds like Frances and Jeanne...

The only difference is that Frances and Jeanne impacted Florida two weeks apart. But interestingly enough in both cases one system did a loop!!!