Thanks for all your concern and notes about the recent weather conditions here in Fiji and the potential for the TD’s or Tropical Depressions TD7F to develop into named Tropical Cyclones which is rated as “High” as I reported on yesterday.
The bad news is that we now have a new TD9F located just south of TD7F between the islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia and is also rated as having a High potential to develop into a TC within the next 24-48 hours. The good news is that today’s update from the Fiji Meteorological Service ** shows things currently trending much better for those of us here in Fiji as TD7F has done an about face and is heading West towards Australia and the newer TD9F is projected to move SW and also miss us.
** For my more avid followers and weather worriers you can go to this site and click on “3 day Tropical Cyclone Outlook” to get an update anytime you’d like.
Many of you appreciated the link to the graphical mapping of these TD’s and here is the link to today’s updated version so you can see the changes I outlined above.
Last night and today it has been rainy with a few brief downpours and very low winds so far and we’re obviously hoping that will continue. Higher winds with gusts up to 35 knots and heavier rainfall are forecast for tonight through Thursday.
Concern remains high as there are many other Low systems swirling clockwise between us and the west coast of Australia so we remain vigilant but so far the trends and Mother Nature have been favouring us and we will be quite happy for this to continue for the next few months.
Most years the cyclone season in this area runs from about November through May with the highest likelihood in the middle of that range Jan-March so none of this is too unusual or surprising and a calculated risk one takes to keep your boat here at this time of year.
So it is another inside play day here on the good ship Learnativity with brief forays out to the main office to get mail, refill my cell phone minutes and chat with some of the other liveaboards. Mostly though it gives me a good chance to catch up on things online and off with more reading and writing and some inside boat jobs. Ruby, being the master Zen teacher of adaptation is taking full advantage of having more snooze and snuggle times and the chance to chase more birds and frogs when we venture out in the rain.
I’ll let you know if things change significantly and otherwise hope that your weather is much less concerning.
Wayne & Ruby the Wonderdog
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