See Tropical Cyclone Nathan LIVE
Update: March 23, 2015
CYCLONE NATHAN TO HIT ARNHEM LAND IN COMING HOURS: LITTLE EFFECT ON DARWIN
Tropical cyclone Nathan has traveled a long way in the recent past. It is now hovering in the Arafura Sea off the coast of Northern Territory, Australia.
Presently it packs quite a punch with winds of 85 kmph. But in the next 24 hours it is going to make landfall into Arnhem Land and weaken.
By the time it reaches Darwin it will have weakened considerably and only bring some showers to the city. But it will remain windy for the next couple of days.
The JTWC in contrast says the storm will be quite powerful when it moves past Darwin with winds of 65 kmph on March 25 (Darwin Time). But we beg to differ.
But it will strengthen a little to a depression again when it enters the Indian Ocean on March 26, 2015. It will not regain its cyclone strength.
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| THIS SATELLITE IMAGE TAKEN AT 0230 HRS GMT, MARCH 23, 2015, SHOWS CYCLONE NATHAN ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL INTO ARNHEM LAND IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY |
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| THE JTWC BELIEVES NATHAN WILL THROW UP WINDS OF 65 KMPH WHEN IT PASSES DARWIN. BUT THAT SEEMS IMPROBABLE. |
Tropical Cyclone Nathan is going to intensify and hit Cooktown on the Queensland coast of Australia on the night of March 19-20. The storm will then move across northern Queensland and enter the Gulf of Carpentaria. Nathan is going to travel a long way.
The cyclone is presently 400 kilometers east of Cooktown in the Coral Sea. A significant storm, it is spewing sustained winds of 85 kmph. Gusts up to 100 kmph.
It is moving west gradually. In the coming days it will intensify to peak wind speeds of 140 kmph. It will weaken a little at the time of landfall at Cooktown, Queensland on the night of March 19-20, 2015 (Thursday-Friday). Expected sustained winds at landfall are 125 kmph.
Nathan will then travel across northern Queensland and enter sea again into the Gulf of Carpentaria on Saturday morning (Australian Time). It will be quite a storm then with wind speeds of 85 kmph. It will intensify again to 100 kmph when it passes through Groote Eylandt in the Gulf.
Quite a storm!
On March 22 it will make landfall into Northern Territory. Into Arnhem Land. But it will have weakened considerably by them. Even then it might bring showers to Darwin on March 24, 2015.
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| LATEST TRACK FORECAST FOR CYCLONE NATHAN. BY THE TIME IT NEARS DARWIN IT WILL BE A LOW PRESSURE AREA |
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