Hamish

[Gil Jones]

Hope y'all good folks in the Mackay, QLD area are doing OK what with that Cat 4 TC (Hamish) churning around off your coast. It looks to be about as bad as our hurricanes.
Of course, the dang thing might blow down some turning wood.
Hang in there!!!

[Cliff Rogers]

It was up to a Cat 5 when it went past the Whitsunday Islands.
They evacuated some of the islands yesterday in preparation.

Current plot here (http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml).

The US Naval Research site (http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html) has the best pics.

The ones just after Sunrise & just before Sunset are the best.

This is the current one.

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc09/SHEM/18P.HAMISH/vis/geo/1km_zoom/20090308.0430.gms6.x.vis1km_high.18PHAMISH.130kts-926mb-200S-1505E.100pc.jpg

[wheelinround]

After Channel 7 screen "Day After Tomorrow" last night :doh:

Keep safe all FNQ'ders :2tsup:

[Gingermick]

It's gone past us now and is weakening. Hopefully it doesn't change course and keeps going south-east and weakening. The eye missed the Whitsundays by a bit, I imagine they got a little windy but mostly no dramas, i think. I dont know anyone on Hayman or Hamilton at present.
But the good news is that I took all the crap off my work bench and cleaned the shed up a little, so it's usable again:2tsup:

[Cliff Rogers]

....They eye missed the Whitsundays buy a bit, I imagine they got a little windy but mostly no dramas, i think. I dont know anyone on Hayman or Hamilton at present. ....
Stupid bloody news reported that Airlie beach was lashed by 270KPH winds. :~

The wind near the centre was 270KPH but the bloody centre missed Airlie by bloody miles. :rolleyes:

[Gingermick]

It's still category 4 off the yepoon coast. You can still just see the tail of it in our radar (http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR221.loop.shtml#skip). Heron Island and Lady Elliot Island wont be fun places over the next day or so.

[Cliff Rogers]

Still an impressive looking system.

This one was taken just arfter sunrise this morning.

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc09/SHEM/18P.HAMISH/vis/geo/1km_zoom/20090308.2030.gms6.x.vis1km_high.18PHAMISH.115kts-937mb-216S-1521E.100pc.jpg

[Gingermick]

That is an awesome image.

[Bob38S]

In Maryborough at almost beer o'clock and we have,

slight rain - drizzle

some light winds with occasional gusts, a little swirly rather than just blowing from the one direction

Forcast says it will miss coming ashore between Bundaberg and Maryborough and should continue to track parallel to the coast - can't say I'm sorry to hear/see that. [Mind you it will probably depend on when the forcasters stick their heads out of the window and make an educated guess as cyclones are totally non predictable]

[Gingermick]

It's moved as predicted so far.
My Mothers parents used to live in Tooley Street, near the end somewhere, spent many a week in Maryborough, nice place.

[Cliff Rogers]

The lastest forecast track shows it doing an about turn tomorrow arvo.... stay tuned, it's not dead yet. :D

[Cliff Rogers]

Last shot before sunset.

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc09/SHEM/18P.HAMISH/vis/geo/1km_zoom/20090309.0630.gms6.x.vis1km_high.18PHAMISH.110kts-941mb-228S-1533E.100pc.jpg