SPAC: GILLIAN - Tropical Cyclone

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17P GILLIAN 140323 1800 15.4S 103.5E SHEM 140 918

[Macrocane]

Gillian is the first category 5 per JTWC in the Australian regions since 2006 Monica, am I right?

[Grifforzer]

Looks that way..

I would have thought George or Hamish would have been the last cyclones.

[Meow]

Looks that way..

I would have thought George or Hamish would have been the last cyclones.

Per JTWC, they are category 4.

[Macrocane]

Doing a little search I found that 2010 Ului was the last category 5 in the Australian region.

[HurricaneBill]

What about Bruce?

[Spin]

Bruce wasn’t in the Australian region when it peaked and it didn’t reach Category 5 per SSHS.

[Hurricane_Luis]

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.

[HurricaneBill]

Bruce wasn’t in the Australian region when it peaked and it didn’t reach Category 5 per SSHS.

[HurricaneBill]

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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