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Mar. 21st, 2006 02:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krazykitkatJust some information on the scale of Australia, which may help in understanding where I am in relation in Cyclone Larry.
Australia is roughly the size of the USA. I'm in Sydney, NSW, Cyclone Larry hit about 2600 km (or 1600 miles) north of me in far north Queensland. Basically a bit more than the distance between Boston and New Orleans.
This page shows generally what areas of Australia are affected by tropical cyclones. New South Wales is the only other state to see Cyclones. For NSW they are a rare visitor and usually have weakened by this stage. The Northern Rivers and Mid North Coasts are affected more by flooding rains rather than destructive winds. Once a cyclone moves this far south there is often severe isobar compression between it and high pressure cells to the south. This leads to a vigorous onshore feed that can bring inches of rain. A broad band of strong to gale force winds also develops leading to large ocean swells that can cause problems. And that area is still a long way north of Sydney, basically a day's drive.
Australia is roughly the size of the USA. I'm in Sydney, NSW, Cyclone Larry hit about 2600 km (or 1600 miles) north of me in far north Queensland. Basically a bit more than the distance between Boston and New Orleans.
This page shows generally what areas of Australia are affected by tropical cyclones. New South Wales is the only other state to see Cyclones. For NSW they are a rare visitor and usually have weakened by this stage. The Northern Rivers and Mid North Coasts are affected more by flooding rains rather than destructive winds. Once a cyclone moves this far south there is often severe isobar compression between it and high pressure cells to the south. This leads to a vigorous onshore feed that can bring inches of rain. A broad band of strong to gale force winds also develops leading to large ocean swells that can cause problems. And that area is still a long way north of Sydney, basically a day's drive.
