Pollyana

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20065.txt

and

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

which shows its current track

Merlot

Batton down those hatches Pollyana!

Mind last night in Teesside I swear we lived through one, we are not as unlucky as others in the country but many times during the night I had visions of the roof flying off!

Lots of missing fences around today and the hedge rows have "grown" plastic bag fruit.

Merlot

wmoore

Just up the road from you, my bro-in-law has spent the morning rebuilding his fence, while his girlfriends mother had to retrieve most of her shed from a couple of doors down!
Was a bit strong last night wasn't it?

Merlot

Oh boy yes, in fact last 2 nights have been wild. We are at the end of the road so very whippy!

The Transporter Bridge was closed yesterday due to high wind, you know you are onto a bad day then!

Whereabouts are you?

Best wishes
Merlot

wmoore

Lingdale (about 4 miles from Guisborough, on the Whitby road). We're staying with the in-laws just now and they have this nice bungalow where the front overlooks a field and so is totally exposed. Been trying to use the back door only for the last couple of days

Merlot

Nice spot! I used to go mountain bike riding and walking in the Guisborough Hills, back when I knew what my legs were for and didn't think they were just for driving cars!

Are you on your way overseas or back>

M

wmoore

I'll be on my way to Oz this year, all being well. Brisbane's a bit warmer than Lingdale

Merlot

I'd say, good luck with it all.

Merlot

TheCrone

There's one around the Cocos Islands too, Pollyanna and there was a pretty weak one which fizzled out at sea somewhere off the Karratha coast earlier in the week.
www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/forecasts

extrameant

You can track all cyclones here http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/
You can get as many as 5 at a time in the SW pacific. This site usually gives you a prediction in dotted line, of expected path how bad they will get. If you are interested, you can also go back and see where they all happened over the last years.

jad n rich

First cyclone warning of 2005 ...


We just keep on saying how untypical the weather has been this year in QLd, theres only been a couple of really hot days, one storm worth mentioning, and the humidity most of the the time has been really low Its really strange was talking to a lifesaver while watching my boys at training, hes lived here all his life and said the same thing "wheres our typical summer" no storms, no real heat, wonder if summers going to hit with a bang in february

hevs

So theres hope for us in Melbourne yet then!! Not the cyclone :scared: the summer i mean

jad n rich

Cool up here has been 28/30 ish and after the last two summers thats cold alright, we had 42 several days last year and high 30's often, god it was hot, none of that this year fortunately.

Thats why when we visited melb and it was 28 and they called it HOT we loved it we think its hot when it gets 38 plus

My sons been in melb on business twice in last month, he doesnt believe me it even gets to 28! the poor guy got 18 degrees, rain, wind and a little bit of hail both times reckons he froze his wotsits off

Hels

Summer is due to hit Melbourne on Tuesday. Forcast for 36. Which means Bendigo will probably get 39/40 as we are usually a few degree's hotter...

Cant wait to see how Hubby copes with working in that!!

Quinkana

Let's hope for a good drought breaking cyclone season.