Pollyana

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
For 10:38 am EST on Wednesday 1 July 2015

At 10 am EST Wednesday, Tropical Cyclone Raquel (Category 1) with central
pressure 997 hPa was located to the north of the Solomon Islands near latitude 6.3 south longitude 159.4 east, which is about 355 km north of Honiara.

The cyclone is moving south southwest at about 13 kilometres per hour and
should gradually intensify over the next 24 hours as it approaches the Solomon Islands.

The system will remain very far offshore and does not pose a threat to the
Queensland coast.

The next Information Bulletin will be issued by 5 pm EST today.

Pollyana

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
For 11:19 am EST on Thursday 2 July 2015
At 10 am EST Thursday, Tropical Cyclone Raquel (Category 1) with central
pressure 998 hPa was located to the north of the Solomon Islands near latitude
6.6 south longitude 159.6 east, which is about 315 km north of Honiara.

The cyclone is moving east northeast at about 8 kilometre per hour and is now
beginning to move in a general eastwards direction parallel to the Solomon
Islands.

The system will remain very far offshore and does not pose a threat to the
Queensland coast.

GarryP

May give a kick to El Nino conditions

Cyclone Raquel to give El Nino a major kick along

Pollyana

The MJO is certainly causing a lot of activity along the equator, and Raquel may even come back to cyvlone status again. Fascinatingly active out there for this time of year!