Tropical Cyclone Hamish (Cat 3 at least) threatens North Queensland Coast of Australia. Update ABC news - see link

My goodness this is an interestng tracking map of cyclone hamish. It's quite different to the tracking maps we see with canes in the U.S. Weather burea is now talking that it could be a cat 4. Hope link works.

[link to www.abc.net.au]

Anomalous Behavior Super Cyclone Hamish 18P

Anomalous Behavior noted in AMSU Imagery , Brightness Temperature spike on 3-5-2009 2009UTC off the scale . ADT from 3-5-2009 Noted the rapid intensification of 18P as the storm had not been expected to increase to the intensity it was able to ,In a 48 hour period the storm went from 30kts to 130kts, Location ~ Off the Coast of Queensland, Australia

[link to www.bom.gov.au]

Cat 5 now and it's heading straight for us, be here in 48 hours.
Going to start cleaning up around here very shortly

908.8mb/132.2kt (152.2mph)


ADVANCED DVORAK TECHNIQUE
ADT-Version 7.2.3
Tropical Cyclone Intensity Algorithm

----- Current Analysis -----
Date : 08 MAR 2009 Time : 003000 UTC
Lat : 20:09:07 S Lon : 150:27:48 E

CI# /Pressure/ Vmax
6.7 / 908.8mb/132.2kt

Final T# Adj T# Raw T#
(3hr avg)
6.3 6.4 6.4

Latitude bias adjustment to MSLP : +1.2mb

Estimated radius of max. wind based on IR : 16 km

Center Temp : -5.7C Cloud Region Temp : -72.5C

Scene Type : EYE

Positioning Method : RING/SPIRAL COMBINATION

Ocean Basin : WEST PACIFIC
Dvorak CI > MSLP Conversion Used : PACIFIC

Tno/CI Rules : Constraint Limits : NO LIMIT
Weakening Flag : ON
Rapid Dissipation Flag : OFF

Update the title to Cat 5 Hamish, maybe you'll get a pin

how bad does it look?


Hope you will be ok

Hard to tell at this stage, but check out the map
[link to www.bom.gov.au]
I'm at Double Is Point

Well, at least I get to pack some bug out bags
Thanks for your concern

Whoah, hold on to your hats there!

Is it usual for storms of this ferocity to hit so far on the SE Coast?

I thought they mainly happened more to the North?

We're just below the projected 48 hour path, hope it dwindels befoer then, and good luck to all going through Hamish while he tosses his caber.