Re: Cyclone Zelia may be Category 5 at landfall
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 2/14/2025, 8:37 pm
Jeff Masters has a blog post about the landfall:
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/02/cat-4-cyclone-zelia-hits-western-australia/

Tropical cyclone Zelia made landfall in Western Australia about 30 miles east of Port Hedland at 11:30 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 13, which was 12:30 p.m. local time Feb. 14. At landfall, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center rated Zelia as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph (209 km/h) winds. Port Hedland recorded a peak wind gust of 75 mph, and Zelia dumped 17.16 inches (44 cm) of rain over a 48-hour period at Pardoo Station. Fortunately, the eyewall of the storm missed Port Hedland (pop. 15,000), and Zelia mainly affected sparsely populated areas. Zelia is Earth's first major tropical cyclone to make landfall in 2025.
Since 1961, Australia's mainland has been hit by 18 other storms rated Category 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale.
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Cyclone Zelia may be Category 5 at landfall - Fred, 2/12/2025, 7:41 pm
  • Re: Cyclone Zelia may be Category 5 at landfall - Chris in Tampa, 2/14/2025, 8:37 pm
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