Post by bondservant on Dec 17, 2018 15:09:10 GMT -6
Tropical systems that makes landfall once, then regenerate once they moves out over open water again are sometimes given the nickname 'zombie storms', and that's exactly what is happening with Cyclone Owen. The storm first formed in the Coral Sea last week before making landfall north of Cairns. The core of the cyclone then continued west, into the Gulf of Carpentaria, where it slowly regenerated and made a turn back to the east.
www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/zombie-storm-cyclone-targets-australia-owen-queensland-carpentaria/119640
Australia’s weather has been wild, now it’s wacky. On Monday lunchtime thick fog rolled onto Sydney’s Bondi Beach and proceeded to smother the Harbour Bridge as it rolled up Port Jackson. The unusual conditions effectively enveloped sun worshippers in a cloud.
Tens of thousands of homes in New South Wales remain without electricity following a series of powerful storms that ripped through costal urban areas of the state on the weekend.
Forecasters have said there could be some relief over the next couple of days in the southern states but the extreme weather isn’t over yet, with the possibility of storms and showers from midweek onwards.
But in Perth, temperatures are set to soar almost reaching a high of 40C later this week.
Meanwhile in Queensland, ex-Tropical Cyclone Owen is still wreaking havoc and has shown no intention of going gently into the good night.
On the weekend, Halifax, north of Townsville, was drenched with 681mm of rain as Owen passed overhead.
“Owen has stalled, this is the tropical cyclone that will not leave Australia alone,” Sky News Weather channel meteorologist Tom Saunders said today.
www.news.com.au/technology/environment/some-respite-but-extropical-cyclone-owen-and-low-pressure-system-means-storms-still-a-possibility/news-story/4354a86c7ff7d8364f0440a3824a19b4