Select to expand quoteMacroscien said..
apparently cyclone is sill sailable. Kite vc windsurfer at MacKay ...
this is in bowen not makay
Makes Marcia that hit us in Yeppoon two years ago look like a sunday seabreeze. Hamilton Island has effectively had 200km+ gusts from 7.00 am till 2pm with peak gust of 263km/h / 142kn around 10.30. That intensity and duration is hard to fathom.
Select to expand quoteCobra said..
Cyclone marcia summer breeze pfffffft.
Cobra,
I assume you were here too during Marcia? Marcia was a cat 5 when it made landfall some 60km north of us but thankfully for the Byfield ranges / Shoalwater bay (relatively uninhabited) the cyclone's strength dissipated pretty quickly and at best it was only Cat 3 when it came through town. It was quite fast moving so the duration was no where near as long as what they've just experienced north of us. From memory our peak wind speed recorded was around 95kn (175km/h). Yes I agree it was hairy and there was extensive damage but I don't think it was on par with Debbie.
Sausage
who knows what wind speeds byfield got,never recorded.
All I know byfield had a cat 4 byfield forestry lost 80% of its timber with half a million ton of timber recovered.
as you know sausage byfield is located 40ks nth of Yeppoon with a population and small school .
Anyhow bet they didn't compair it to a summer breeze.
This graph has already historical value. Hopefully will not be improved anytime soon. Debbie makes last puff over Hamiltonians and ready to pounder that land now
keep finger crossed for all those affected
Select to expand quoteAUS1111 said..
Can't believe the wind-meter held up - that's quality!
I wonder how there are build ... if there is any upper limit on the scale? I doubt there are going supersonic...Most of those cheap Chinese knock off completely unsuitable for our Aussie condition...
most finish near mere 120 km/ h.. just breeze meters instead of serious stuff like Debbie
60 mph/h ?? 
120 km/h 
That one looks expensive and serious.Until you convert m/s to usual units - 162 km /h max. waste of money 
That one looks good for me 
I am afraid that you could lose you expensive smartphone before you finish measuring Debbie
of finish with palm tree impaled in your eye ( just flying by in our conditions)
weather from the local harbour on willy weather.
LIVE readout righthand side shows WSW wind at 9.3km hahaha been ESE all day.
thats what happens when your weather station is stuck behind a land mass/headland
most times its 10-15 knts less and wrong direction.
but hey if willy weather say 9km winds dont argue
Select to expand quoteHaircut said..
katee owens owns a wind meter!
what does she do with that?
drying hair in the breeze?Instead of buying expensive express dryer from Bunnings , she can have the same effect by sticking her head outside window. Debbie give you for free what the best blower could offer
Hamilton Island Marina this morning....
About 9 boats completely broke from the dock three even made it out of the marina and washed up on Dent Island ( opposite ) could easily have been a few others that made it out and washed up elsewhere.
I got some good videos of the Cyclone in full effect and will upload when I can get a better data connection.
A lot of damage on the island many many trees down roofing materials everywhere and few places lost their roof completely
i have not heard of any injurys or loss of life which is a great result for what went through here.
Debbie was a bitch.amazing no one was killed.l would love to see some footage of the waves way out in the ocean.10 to 12 mtres plus.
(repost from FE thread in HW) How beautiful is this satellite image www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-29/cyclone-debbie-big-picture-view-from-space/8396684
It's awesome hey snags. We would have needed very small sails/kites earlier this morning in Yeppoon.
Some Vids of Debbie from our accomodation... When I left the boat in the Marina I had just one objective .... Concrete accommodation
As Debbie approached
note the amount of vegetation
Select to expand quoteharry potter said..
Some Vids of Debbie from our accomodation... When I left the boat in the Marina I had just one objective .... Concrete accommodation
As Debbie approached
note the amount of vegetation
Tuesday morning ( wind had been blowing since late Monday afternoon )
The Relative Calm of the Eye
after the Eye ( wind in different direction )
different view ( out the front door )
Keep in mind the above videos are on the leeward side of our building... It was waay to dangerous to film from the windward side.
In summary wind started Monday afternoon by about 4:30pm I personally deemed it too dangerous to be outside...( walking around ) As debris was already starting to move.. By midnight the jet like sounds had begun almost impossible to sleep due to the noise and crashing of stuff into the side of our apartment.
the wind blew all night all day Tuesday the eye passed around 12pm then we started the second half of the cyclone with the wind from the opposite direction.
The screaming sound was incredible ...only broken up by the crashing sound of corrugated roofing sheets smashing into things.
Thanks for posting HP. It's an experience you won't forget in a long time!
Insane footage harry.good to see your ok.those wind gusts were astronomical.having seen all four vids l swear l saw Kochie from 7 sunrise team fly past in one of them.
Its appear that congressman was right anyhow and here is a prove.Windsurfers arriving at the national event in Burrum exhausted whole Debbie cyclone resources. Debbi didn't last once reached the windsurfing camp.
Next time we could use even bigger sails to quiet cyclone more efficiently.
Kiters welcome too. We should make next camp at Hamilton Island and wait for next cyclone to come.
We also could send surfers to exhaust incoming tsunami waves if needed.
