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This looks like storm surge.
I wondered if #CycloneGabrielle would perhaps be the first cyclone in living memory to arrive at close to full cyclonic strength. And if not when that might happen.
Whilst it didn’t it is having the impact of a land falling cyclone anyway.
I wondered if #CycloneGabrielle would perhaps be the first cyclone in living memory to arrive at close to full cyclonic strength. And if not when that might happen.
Whilst it didn’t it is having the impact of a land falling cyclone anyway.
The size of recent cyclonic storms has increased markedly over recent years.
Cyclones are getting bigger and wetter, longer lived and travel longer distances. #CycloneGabrielle is a perfect example of this.
Cyclones are getting bigger and wetter, longer lived and travel longer distances. #CycloneGabrielle is a perfect example of this.
Extra tropical cyclones are always larger also, they collapse and spread out. What makes Gabrielle particularly unusual in cyclone terms is its continuing strength and slow speed post extra tropical transition.
If you’re curious about #CycloneGabrielle (or are like me and just find that demystifying stuff is comforting and helpful) here’s a couple of explainers from the past few days…. 1/
Firstly, what actually are tropical cyclones? How do they form? When do they become ex-tropical? What separates them from typical storms? How are they named? And how exposed is NZ to them? 2/ nzherald.co.nz/nz/explained-t…
How do meteorologists track them? How does modelling work? And what sorts of uncertainties and complexities do they have to work with? 3/ nzherald.co.nz/nz/explained-t…
