Big storm ahead http://www.australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/index.html http://www.theaustralianweatherforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qfPdUDbEx0"]YouTube - 3:30pm TC Yasi briefing with Premier Anna Bligh Tuesday Feb 1
more discussion and infos on the cyclone http://forum.weatherzone.com.au/ubbthreads.php/forums/11/1/Tropical_and_Central_Australia
sat image http://realtime2.bsch.au.com/vis_sat2.html?region=coralsea&loop=no&images=&allday=&start=&stop=#nav
NASA's CloudSat satellite flew over Tropical Cyclone Yasi and revealed some impressive numbers for the height and width of the storm's clouds. Yasi was a category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph made landfall on the eastern Australian coast on February 3rd, 2011. CloudSat overpassed the storm at 1520 UTC on February 1, 2011, about 32 hours before the storm hit the coast.