Josh Morgerman

ICYMI: Behold mighty #MELISSA in #Jamaica. High-end Category 5. Possibly the most intense #hurricane to make landfall in North America. And the fiercest of all the hurricanes I've witnessed. WATCH: youtu.be/siq-DdmBUIY

@Louisianafotos Didn't get below mid 960s. They didn't get in the eye: bom.gov.au/products/IDW60…

@iCyclone Was it still 944 mb when they were getting those winds? I would assume it was rising the eye kinda filled in.

Looks like Learmonth radar got knocked out. Here's final full frame from 4:39 am, showing #Cyclone #NARELLE's eyewall squarely over Exmouth (pink star) & approaching Learmonth (blue star). Winds at Learmonth continued to increase, reaching 75 knots gusting to 104. (Americans: Keep in mind, this is 10-min sustained wind—likely equivalent to 1-min sustained wind of ~85 knots.) Exmouth, which is further N & more exposed than Learmonth—& which got deeper into cyclone—has likely had stronger winds.

@robml3 @JosephStal8920 This person is an example of the causal hobbyist who doesn't understand the tools or what he is looking at, but feels qualified to lecture professionals. As far as tools are concerned, Windy is a fun consumer app with pretty colors.

@JosephStal8920 @iCyclone windy's data display isn't high res enough to pick up the windspeeds in an eyewall

Powerful #Cyclone #NARELLE (Cat 4) is closing in on #Australia's North West Cape. Huge eye & fat core mean a wide wind field—meaning destructive winds are already hammering coastal communities. Exmouth (on the Cape) will take a direct hit overnight.

@Louisianafotos Peak 75 knots gusting to 104. Starting to slacken off.

@iCyclone 92 mph gust when it was still at 980 mb and still had 40 mb to go. Will be interesting to see the final data.

@SpacecoastPix I know I make it look easy, but this would not have been. And it was never clear that it was going to hit the Cape-- many models showed it missing,

@iCyclone Why aren't you there? This seems easier than some of the other places you've gone.

@AlArabiya_KSA This is idiotic. Please stop embarrassing yourselves.

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Large eye of #Cyclone #NARELLE (Cat 4 Oz/Cat 3 US) is nearing North West Cape. Exmouth is well inside eyewall & getting raked. Learmonth, a little further S, is now reporting 66 knots gusting to 83—& that will no doubt increase as inner eyewall swallows this location. #Australia

@JosephStal8920 Lol. Stations on the ground, in the cyclone, are reporting full-on hurricane winds. Goodbye, dummy. 😂

@iCyclone Experience dumb ass. Trust me. I'm not part of the fake climate crisis scam like you. I find reality. And I compare actually. You are fake fraud.

@JosephStal8920 Lol. Armchair Twitter expert thinks his li'l Windy app is the source of all weather info. 😂

@iCyclone Is your cat 4 that little thing with 50mph winds not even qualifying as a tropical storm. Lol. You people are so phony. Don't you ever think anyone will research your stupidity?

@brendan_harrold @statmospheric2 The BOM advice (advisory) mentions the possibility of coastal flooding but does not predict specific heights. Keep in mind, most places do not get the kind of gargantuan surges we get on the US Gulf Coast. Different bathymetry.

@iCyclone @statmospheric2 Massive problem for storm surge at Exmouth.The town is only around 3-5m above sea level.

@statmospheric2 I think in the end Learmonth is going to get the sexiest data out of this.

@iCyclone Already a 52 kt wind gust at learmonth airport, just down the coast from exmouth

@Cody_TipToes @BackpirchCrew Semi-hawt.

@BackpirchCrew @iCyclone Hope you are well Good Sir! Wanted to drop something your way. Forget classification is this considered Hawt?😁

JUST IN: After attaining Category 4 intensity on the east side of Australia, Cyclone Narelle has now reached Category 4 intensity on the WEST side of the oceanic continent. With a ~40 mile-wide, 944 mbar eye and 130 MPH (210 kph) winds, she is closing in on landfall over the peninsular desert town of Exmouth, WA, which has a population of 2,806 people.

@MartyCouncil Yep, I have chased in Australia. Certain parts are very chaseable. The intense quad depends on what direction the storm is moving. It is usually the left-front quad below the equator (as opposed to the right-front quad up here).

@iCyclone Have you ever chased Australia? Or is it too sparsely populated to make chasing viable? Also, in southern hemisphere storms would it be the southwest quadrant you'd be after?

#Cyclone #NARELLE has strengthened to Cat 3. Radar shows big, fat core that'll bring dangerous conditions to wide swath of coast. Karratha is reporting 40 knots gusting to 54. Cyclone will turn SW today & approach North West Cape, hammering Exmouth & Onslow overnight. #Australia

@Louisianafotos 😂

@iCyclone Ha, I think the best intimidation you can do on the porch is start closing shutters while the neighbors are outside.

Nice night for Mississippi porch sittin'. In other news: chaserdude slowly turning into his grandpa.

@Louisianafotos Interesting. Well, I occasionally take out the pipe not to intimidate, but simply to enjoy a quiet moment on the porch.

@iCyclone One of the best runners I've known, would smoke cigarettes while running. I don't think he was really a smoker. I think he did it for an intimidation factor or for sandbagging purposes. He was wicked fast and didn't get winded. 🤷

@BRICSinfo Lol! Completely absurd coming from this sewer creature. 🤣

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@JSatolep 😂

@peacockreports 🌞

@iCyclone Stowing "broad, muppety structure" for future use 🧠

#Cyclone #NARELLE is looking much healthier today. It will strengthen as it moves parallel to the N coast of Western #Australia—but given its broad, muppety structure, I expect this strengthening to be steady but not rapid. Cyclone will approach North West Cape late Thursday.