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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Just before 5am in the morning as I sip my morning coffee in NZ. It is eerily quiet this morning - if it were not for the forecasting you would not know a cyclone is headed our way with landfall due early hours of tomorrow morning. A state of emergency has been stated ahead of time in Northland - apparently because that frees up govt emergency services to be on immediate standby...a kind of stupid thing to have to do to ensure all the required emergency services are set to go without delay - bureaucratic nonsense. A friend who lives aboard a boat in Russell, says he has battened down the hatches and is ready for what comes. Zane.
Zoom Earth shows 60 mph winds at present. That shouldn’t be too bad. And a turn to the west. I hope NZ escapes serious damage.
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