Say a prayer for NE Australia - TC Yasi

[texoz]

After record flooding over the last month, NE Australia is now bracing for one of the strongest cyclones to ever hit Australia.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pac ... Queensland

http://viewnews.com.au/bm/news/state-ne ... html?20480

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_Tro ... asi_(2011)

The only good news is that Yasi is moving quickly, but it's going to be devastating for a region that's trying to recover from biblical flooding of the last 3 months.

[Ptarmigan]

TC Yasi is quite a large storm.

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  020000z --- near 16.4s 149.9e
     movement past six hours - 245 degrees at 16 kts
     position accurate to within 030 nm
     position based on eye fixed by satellite
   present wind distribution:
   Max sustained winds - 125 kt, gusts 150 kt
   wind radii valid over open water only
   radius of 064 kt winds - 045 nm northeast quadrant
                            050 nm southeast quadrant
                            045 nm southwest quadrant
                            045 nm northwest quadrant
   radius of 050 kt winds - 085 nm northeast quadrant
                            095 nm southeast quadrant
                            085 nm southwest quadrant
                            080 nm northwest quadrant
   radius of 034 kt winds - 200 nm northeast quadrant
                            220 nm southeast quadrant
                            200 nm southwest quadrant
                            190 nm northwest quadrant

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/sp ... ml#a_topad