Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Hilton Head Island: two storms

 





There are two cyclones in the western South Pacific Ocean.  This is late in the season which is said to end there May 1.  I have been watching them for several days.  I first saw them at the Earth Wind Map, the top image, and have continued with Zoom Earth, the bottom image.  At present both are Category 3 storms with 115 mph winds.  The one headed toward Australia has been named Maila.  The one toward New Zealand Vaianu.  The final dot on their tracks is their forecast position Sunday morning at which time Maila will still be a Category 2 storm with 80 mph winds and Vaianu will be an Extratropical Cyclone with 50 mph winds.  It appears that Maila will make landfall near where Narelle did last month.



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