In order to validate these numbers, we used the Rankine vortex model for geostrophic wind speed based on tropical storm pressure. The past Cyclone Debbie in Queensland has caused extensive damage and wide reaching flooding in much of Queensland and northern New South Wales. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said wind gusts of up to 100km/h were already affecting the Whitsunday area as Cyclone Debbie bears down on the state and tracks “further south”. The graphs in Figure 1 shows the peak recorded wind speeds in four of the affected major regional centres. Strong winds and rain lash Airlie Beach, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Cyclone Debbie is expected to hit Queensland's far north coast as a category 4 cyclone early afternoon today. Winds of up to 263 kph were recorded during the cyclone at Hamilton Island and 165 kph in Proserpine. Updated every three hours. While headed toward northeastern Australia Debbie reached it's maximum sustained wind speeds estimated at over 100 kts (115 mph) on March 27, 2017 (UTC). Also, Debbie’s minimum recorded central pressure was 943 mbar. Mode | Air – Ocean – Chem – Particulates – Space.

GPM Measures Tropical Cyclone Debbie Debbie intensified and had hurricane force wind speeds within a day of formation. As the banded wind hazard map above reveals, although Cyclone Debbie was a strong Category 3 to weak Category 4 storm on the SSHWS upon landfall and impacted the Whitsunday Islands with strong Category 3 winds, in Proserpine and Bowen, wind gusts were equivalent to Category 1 and in other nearby populated areas such as Mackay, the wind speeds experienced were only tropical storm … See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. References & Resources Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology (2017, March 28) Tropical Cyclone Advice. Cyclone Debbie swirled in the Coral Sea in March 2017 before coming ashore near Townsville, Queensland. community.

• Debbie made landfall at 12:40pm Tuesday 28 March 2017 at Airlie Beach, 50km southeast of Bowen as a Category 4 (BoM 2018a). • The maximum category of the cyclone was 4 with maximum sustained wind speeds of 195 km/h, gusts of 260 km/h, and a lowest central pressure of 943 hPA (BoM, 2018a). EarthWindMap important disclaimer earth ≡ Date | Data | Scale | Source | Control | Now « – ‹ – › – » Grid HD. Cyclone Debbie’s maximum sustained wind speed was recorded at 120 mph (193 kmh, 53.6 m/s) and her maximum wind gust speed at 160 mph (258 kmh, 71.5 m/s) [2].