A big system
http://www.bom.gov.au/gms/IDE00035.latest.shtml
An even bigger response (you may have seen this article) at cryptogon
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/idINIndia-54555920110201
Maybe Category 5
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/weather/yasi-could-become-category-five-monster-20110201-1abmx.html
Plus storm surge
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQP0005.txt
Well north of me, but am expecting to get some rain from the fringes of the system
Did I mention it was a big system?
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/weather/yasi-looms-large-over-tiny-tracy-20110201-1ac5o.html
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And Cyclone Yasi was so powerful, it could remain a cyclone even after it had reached the outback.
"The more intense they are when they make landfall, the further they need to go [inland] before they are no longer a cyclone," Mr Dutschke said.
"It's probably going to have to go 500 kilometres inland before it's no longer of a cyclone intensity."
The outback is currently experiencing a heat wave
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/sa-outback-heatwave-scorcher/16024
so some rain might be a nice change for them.
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