Significant cyclone off shore of Queensland, Australia

[davenn]

this is the 12:30pm AEDT ( Australian Eastern Daylight Time) 00:30UTC for the 21 Feb. 2019

Predicted track over next few days...

cheers
Dave

EDIT: ... am so naughty ... didn't give image credits: Australian Govt, BOM Bureau of Meteorology
http://satview.bom.gov.au/

 

[Bystander]

CW rotation no less. Oma? Names in southern hemisphere are same or different than northern for the "Pacific" basin?

 

[davenn]

Names in southern hemisphere are same or different than northern for the "Pacific" basin?

Good question, I am not sure who does the naming.
Since this one originated 2000km or more to the NE, it would not have been named by the Australian BOM
as they will only name ones formed in the regions local to Australia.

EDIT: this is informative ... different Pacific regions, different agencies ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_naming


D

 

[StevieTNZ]

Still might head to NZ -- we're in for bad weather regardless, this weekend: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new...-come-sharp-sudden-stop-nz-prepares-battering

 

[jim hardy]

i find the US Navy's tropical cyclone page usually interesting

https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/TC.html, click OMA