User:ChocolateTrain/Cyclone Claudia

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Severe Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Aus scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Formed4 January 2020
Winds10-minute sustained: 120 km/h (75 mph)
1-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph)
Gusts: 165 km/h (105 mph)
Pressure968 hPa (mbar); 28.59 inHg
Areas affectedMaluku Islands, Northern Territory, Western Australia
Part of the 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season

Severe Tropical Cyclone Claudia was a tropical cyclone of moderate intensity that impacted the Northern Territory and Western Australia during January 2020, causing substantial damage in Darwin. It was the third tropical low, second tropical cyclone and second severe tropical cyclone of the 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season. Claudia developed from a tropical low which formed at the end of a monsoon trough over the Maluku Islands on 4 January.

Meteorological history[edit]

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

Formed at end of monsoon trough:[1]

Moved into Arafura Sea:[2]

Designated as 92S by JTWC, including some environmental analysis and forecast:[3]

Upgraded to medium by JTWC[4]

Track Map #1[5]

Track Map #2[6]

Track Map #4[7]

Track Map #5[8]

Track Map #6[9]

Track Map #7[10]

Track Map #8[11]

Track Map #9[12]

Track Map #10[13]

Track Map #11[14]

Track Map #12[15]

Technical Bulletin #1 (18Z 7 Jan)[16]

Technical Bulletin #3 (06Z 8 Jan)[17]

Technical Bulletin #4 (18Z 8 Jan)[18]

JTWC TCFA[19]

Preparations[edit]

Impacts[edit]

Aftermath[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Asia MSLP Analysis Chart (00Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 4 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Northern Region Tropical Cyclone Outlook". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 5 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Significant Tropical Weather Advisory for the Indian Ocean (09Z)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. 5 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Significant Tropical Weather Advisory for the Pacific Ocean (06Z)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. 6 January 2020. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #1 (00Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #2 (06Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #4 (18Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #5 (21Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 8 January 2020 suggested (help)
  9. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #6 (00Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #7 (03Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #8 (06Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #9 (09Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #10 (12Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #11 (15Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Forecast Track Map #12 (18Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Technical Bulletin #1 (18Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Technical Bulletin #3 (06Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Tropical Low 03U Technical Bulletin #4 (18Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Tropical Cyclone 07P Formation Alert (06Z)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

External links[edit]

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