North of Fiji, outlook good for formation
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT//
RMKS/
1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 08P WARNING NR 001
01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN SOUTHPAC
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE
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WARNING POSITION:
050000Z5 --- NEAR 10.2S3 173.7E8
http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc.html
Cheers,
G
First South Pacific TC of season?
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icebergs not all that far south of NZ and a TC going to move down into waters north of us...WOW, what a mix!
niwa say hte icebergs are because of melting ice cap
but what about an impedding ice age?
its been a cold enough summer, LOL!
surely its been all the southerly quarter winds the last 3 months that has blown/driven the icebergs further north (well at least the oceans currents have been more SW to NE instead of the W to E of the west wind drift it normaly is///
niwa say hte icebergs are because of melting ice cap
but what about an impedding ice age?
its been a cold enough summer, LOL!
surely its been all the southerly quarter winds the last 3 months that has blown/driven the icebergs further north (well at least the oceans currents have been more SW to NE instead of the W to E of the west wind drift it normaly is///
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RUBBISH.The recent icebergs were probably caused by the 8.1 earthquake that must of shook the southern icecap.Manukau heads observer wrote:
niwa say hte icebergs are because of melting ice cap
Look what damage the 8.9 magnitude earthquake did to the Bay of Bengal.
Surely the earthquake off the Auckland islands must of cause some 'breaking of the ice"
JohnGaul
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