What is your highest max gust prediction Macro?

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Queensland will kick it's arse I hope. A Debbie never hurt anyone. Go QLD and be safe.

All the best for the night ahead.

apparently cyclone is sill sailable. Kite vc windsurfer at MacKay ...

Let's imagine what 2.5-meter sea surge may mean for local residents...

Debbie does Townsville.

Wow, that's insane.
Were there any boats in the harbour?

78 knots gusting to 102 at the moment .... It's very very loud.
our building is concrete and you can feel it shudder in the gusts.

harry potter said..
78 knots gusting to 102 at the moment .... It's very very loud.
our building is concrete and you can feel it shudder in the gusts.

That beach at Hammo will have some awesome breaks with a bit of swell.

Good point. Surely over 100 knots should be black arrows

Tracker

www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-28/cyclone-debbie-wind-speed-tracker/8392288

I have a question for the sailors and sail boat owners out there.
im a QLDer and been through a few cyclones including marcia cat 5 and currently 400ks South of this girl ,no threat here just wind and rain and wish the best for my northern mates.
question is about the sail boats moored in the harbours at Mackey and Whitsundays with their sails up.
if I was mored beside them I'd want them down. No probs now all sails blown off.
So ,can you cut them down?
are they allowed to leave them up while moored or vacated the boat.
Just smells of insurance fraud to me.

Cobra they would be furling headsails that are popular with cruising yachties. These sails roll or furl around the forestay, they would have been furled/rolled right in so the sail is wrapped around itself & are usually left like that when not being used. The strength of the wind has caused them to unfurl or roll out & flap away until being shredded.

Looks like the eye has passed Hamilton if the wind direction is any indication

Gusting to 142 here at the moment.
a few buildings starting to show signs of stress
windows broken and roof sheets lifting.
wind direction is showing as NW but still very much SE where we are ( on ridge )

Damage is going to be massive .... From the limited views I have there is debris everywhere a lot of Colorbond sheets, guttering and insulation strewn about and palm trees stripped

If any one has been watching the channel 7 live broadcast, I would give anything to see koshie blown off that balcony and sucked up into the cyclone wizard of oz style.

Underoath said..
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I think Ive seen that before in high winds where the direction flips 180 degrees instantly. I'm pretty sure it was the weather vane getting flicked around the wrong way or something like that.