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Bloody hell ... Ive been watching this thing for days now , and you have to be impressed by it .
Looking at the latest met service models , this mother could cause a few problems . The core (eye) pressures alone , are enough to send shivers up your spine .On reaching the Chathams down as low as 942 .. which means major wind . Looking at sat pics from Joint typhoon watch (USN) , she has a perfect eye about 15km across ..... just hope its going to track east as predicted .
These things normally lose intensity in the lower latitudes , once the eye becomes cold ... but this one seems to be bucking the trend.

http://www.metservice.com/maps-radar/ra ... cast-5-day

I have been tracking this since the first mention and specifically the site you have posted and course this one https://www.windyty.com/ .. one area I love watching is the weather and comparing .. maybe fore casting better the the TV weather peoples.

Yeah , Im a weather watcher from back ..... these things are just "awesome" (sorry Fozzer) I know people , have(died) and will die .... buts thats mother nature...and theres nothing we can do about it , as important as we may think we are.
Skinman .... will call in with your DVD's(Cosmos... your prize) on sunday ...... cheese on toast ??? I'll bring the cheese

Any time Matey , its something I always have done like yourself , some off the impressive storms , the great thing having the ability to track them via PC these days ... wont need the cheese have plenty here, I'll rip in early tomorrow for some mato's and onions.

Done ..... Im up early to meet NZ94 again ... and then back to meet another from AKL at 0900 .... so , i estimate your place at about 0925 .... looking forward to it .
I can bring mato's ..... from the garden !

Just picked two good ones .....

Aye Aye Sir .. 9.25

There is another one north Queensland looks like it is intensifying also

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wi ... 20.91,1106

Thanks Doug, another few years, watching the weather would like viewing Flight-radar.

Spotted that one as well Doug .... i hope they don't meet.

emfrat wrote:http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-195.61,-32.34,640

I recall tracking a polar blast and in contact with people all the way from Invercargill following it via team speak .. very similar to how the weather stations did it in the early days and we nailed it and so close, course brother was taken me down to a Tekapo meet .. got cancelled due how close we were following .. Rick thought nah but as we hit the blizzard .. it impressed him.

..just following it on BBC News...

210 MPH winds!

Thinking of my Motor Bike, its difficult to imagine anything as fast as that at ground level!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31883712

Looks bad for certain places!

If it ain't Earthquakes...its bloody Cyclones!..... ....!

Paul.

Fozzer wrote:210 MPH winds!

Maverick and Goose... "I feel the need. The need for speed..."

omitchell wrote:

Fozzer wrote:210 MPH winds!

Maverick and Goose... "I feel the need. The need for speed..."

"Cyclones" I can cope with... ....

"Top Gun" is another matter altogether!..... ...!

..backs to the wall Lads!... ...!

A temporary "relief" from Cyclones!...>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNPVRh0ngUo

Paul.... ...!

If I have to I'll start singing "You've lost that loving feeling..."

Well taking a few precautions here at Papamoa, live pretty close to the surf and will be an interesting night. Made sure the bbq bottle is ok in case of power outage and garden furniture will be stowed. Sat thru Bola back some years and took a snotting then in the Bay of Islands so have some history to base plans on. Considering the potential wind direction my main concern is the garage door, may put a mattress up against it and back the cars up onto that, it's the tilting type and rattles a bit in ordinary gales. Got some pretty ancient neighbours so better go and see what they have planned.

Bazza wrote:Got some pretty ancient neighbours so better go and see what they have planned.

Good on ya , I did have a book on the Wahine disaster and it showed the whether pattern and how that cyclone went rogue, maybe can be found on the net somewhere.

We're just hanging out for a bit of rain to fill the water tank again.

I'm rostered to fly to NZWB at 0900 Monday and the TAF has southwesterlies gusting 40knots so that might entertain the punters