User:ChocolateTrain/Cyclone Niran
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Category 2 tropical cyclone (Aus scale) | |
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Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
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Formed | 26 February 2021 |
Dissipated | Present |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 95 km/h (60 mph) 1-minute sustained: 100 km/h (65 mph) Gusts: 130 km/h (80 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 982 hPa (mbar); 29 inHg |
Fatalities | None |
Damage | $150 million (USD) |
Areas affected | Queensland |
Part of the 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season |
Tropical Cyclone Niran is an intensifying tropical cyclone located over the Coral Sea, off the coast of Far North Queensland, Australia.
Meteorological history[edit]
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Map key
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
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
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On the afternoon of 26 February 2021, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reported that a weak tropical low had formed over the northern Coral Sea, offshore from Cape Flattery in Far North Queensland, Australia.[1] The system was embedded within a gradually strengthening monsoon trough stretching from Cape York Peninsula to the northwestern Coral Sea.
Preparations and impacts[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cooktown Coastal Waters Forecast: Cape Melville to Cape Tribulation (06Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 26 February 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
External links[edit]
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Category:2020–21 Australian region cyclone season
Category:Tropical cyclones in Australia
Category:Category 2 Australian region cyclones