SPAC: GILLIAN - Tropical Cyclone
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Gillian is the first category 5 per JTWC in the Australian regions since 2006 Monica, am I right?
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Looks that way..
I would have thought George or Hamish would have been the last cyclones.
I would have thought George or Hamish would have been the last cyclones.
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Grifforzer wrote:Looks that way..
I would have thought George or Hamish would have been the last cyclones.
Per JTWC, they are category 4.
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Doing a little search I found that 2010 Ului was the last category 5 in the Australian region.
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Bruce wasn’t in the Australian region when it peaked and it didn’t reach Category 5 per SSHS.
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Macrocane wrote:Doing a little search I found that 2010 Ului was the last category 5 in the Australian region.
I don't think Gillian was a Category 5. It just didn't have that look like Bruce or Ului did also when it was at peak intensity it really struggled to clear out its eye.
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Spin wrote:Bruce wasn’t in the Australian region when it peaked and it didn’t reach Category 5 per SSHS.
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Meow wrote:Grifforzer wrote:Looks that way..
I would have thought George or Hamish would have been the last cyclones.
Per JTWC, they are category 4.
JTWC peaked George as a high-end Category 3. (Personally, I think that's a bit low).
On George's wiki page:
At 7 p.m, the weather station on Bedout Island (off the Pilbara Coast) reported a 10 minute mean wind speed of 194 kilometres per hour (121 mph), which is the highest 10 minute average officially recorded in Australia.
121mph is around 105KT. 10-min winds of 105KT translates to around 1-min winds of 120KT.
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