It looks like Cyclone Anthony is going to cross well south of us:
Tropical Cyclone Anthony
One noticeable effect we are seeing already is wind coming from south south west as the air circulates around. I can’t recall wind from that direction before.
So Cyclone Anthony has finally made it’s mind up and is heading back up the coast. Here are the track maps from BoM:
Tropical Cyclone Anthony
Tropical Cyclone Anthony
Tropical Cyclone Anthony
Tropical Cyclone Anthony
The map above does not look good.
Tropical Cyclone Anthony
And this map looks even worse. According to the ABC there is another system heading this way from Fiji that could reach Category 4 or 5 before crossing the coast very close to us. Cat 5 is the biggest on a scale of 1-5. Nice.
Edit: It seems we are on Cyclone Watch, as of 5pm.
Thanks, as always to BoM for the track maps.
Just in case anyone was wondering if the roads up here are really that bad:
FNQ Road conditions
Reinforcements will be called in to help two snake handlers remove a giant python from an abandoned building in Cairns in far north Queensland.
Aaron Chapman from the Kuranda Venom Zoo says a smaller python lifted his colleague off the ground when they tried to catch it in the Yorkeys Knob Boating Club this week.
Yep, it must be snake season already. The stingers will be here soon, no doubt.
Via the ABC. Read the full piece here.
Slime