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Tropical Cyclone Melanie |
Western Australian Regional Office |
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A developing low formed near Sumba Island (Indonesia) on December 26 and moved southwards. At 4pm WDT Friday 28 December the low reached tropical cyclone intensity and was named Melanie. |
| Tropical Cyclone advices were issued as Melanie continued to track closer to the coast and develop reaching category 2 intensity at 10am WDT 29 December. Melanie then took a west southwest track parallel to the coast and advices were finalised at 4pm Sunday 30 December. |
| Melanie was eventually downgraded to a tropical low at 10am WDT 2 January when it was located about 600 kilometres west of Exmouth. |
| Melanie remained far enough offshore to not to have any direct impact on the WA coast. However, there was a significant economic impact to industry resulting from production shut downs and evacuations from offshore installations. |
| Extreme values during cyclone event (estimated) | |
| Note that these values may be changed on the receipt of later information | |
| Maximum Category: | 2 |
| Maximum sustained wind speed: | 110 km/h |
| Maximum wind gust: | 155 km/h |
| Lowest central pressure: | 964 hPa |
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