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Tropical Cyclone Blake
Tropical low (Aus scale)
tropical low (SSHWS)
Formed4 January 2020
Winds10-minute sustained: 55 km/h (35 mph)
1-minute sustained: 65 km/h (40 mph)
Gusts: 95 km/h (60 mph)
Pressure993 hPa (mbar); 29.32 inHg
Areas affectedWestern Australia
Part of the 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season

Severe Tropical Cyclone Blake was a powerful tropical cyclone that brought significant impacts to Western Australia during January 2020. It was the second tropical low and first tropical cyclone of the 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season. Blake developed from a tropical low which formed in a monsoon trough south of Java on 4 January.

Reaching tropical cyclone intensity only on ___ January, Blake was the latest-forming first tropical cyclone in a season since Stan in the 2015–16 season.

Meteorological history

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Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
  Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

First mention of designation (02U):[1]

989 hPa:[2]


Preparations

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Impacts

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Aftermath

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Western Region Tropical Cyclone Outlook". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Tropical Cyclone Blake High Seas Warning (00Z)". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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