Category 2 tropical cyclone Blanche hits Western Australia

Category 2 tropical cyclone Blanche hits Western Australia

Tropical Cyclone "Blanche" formed late March 5, 2017 in the Timor Sea and soon crossed the Kimberly coast between Wyndham and Kalamburu, Western Australia as Category 2 system on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. This is the equivalent of a…

Tropical Cyclone “Alfred” forms in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Tropical Cyclone “Alfred” forms in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Tropical Cyclone "Alfred" has formed in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia on February 20, 2017. This is the second named tropical system of the 2016/17 Australian region tropical cyclone season. Alfred is slow-moving storm edging closer to the coast of…

Tropical Cyclone 03S forms off the coast of Western Australia

Tropical Cyclone 03S forms off the coast of Western Australia

Tropical Cyclone 03S formed off the coast of Western Australia on January 27, 2017. It is only the third tropical cyclone to form in the 2016/17 southern hemisphere season. This is the fewest on record between January 1 and 27, according to Philip Klotzbach of the…

More tropical cyclones than average likely for Australia

More tropical cyclones than average likely for Australia

According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the 2016/17 Australian tropical cyclone season, expected to run from November until April, will see average to above-average number of tropical cyclones. The meteorological outlook is based on the ENSO status during…