For those in Australia's tropics another wet season is approaching quickly, and weather conditions seem to have recently changed to being warmer and more humid, a foretaste of the approaching build up weather.
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones are different names for similar major tropical weather events - depending where you are located.
Keeping watch on these systems is becoming more sophisticated, with more information also readily available to the public via web sites. I remember observing Cyclone Thelma as it barrelled around the north coast of Australia a few years ago, wondering if our home in Darwin would be impacted.........all from a laptop computer in an upmarket hotel room in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, SE Asia. More tools are now available.
One data tool I had not seen previously is demonstrated for Hurricane Irene, truly a very large diameter system of current note.
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/43182 will take you to the introductory area with a further link to NASA in the USA.
This shows a combined mapping of wind and rain data for hurricane Irene, and some hints of real time data on cloud heights being linked to intensifying wind patterns, while they were happening.
Will this be available for Australia as well this cyclone season??
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