Category 2 tropical cyclone (Aus scale) | |
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cyclone (SSHWS) | |
Formed | 28 December 2018 |
Dissipated | 9 January 2019 |
(Remnant low after 2, 7, 8–9 January 2019) | |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 95 km/h (60 mph) 1-minute sustained: 100 km/h (65 mph) Gusts: 130 km/h (80 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 987 hPa (mbar); 29.15 inHg |
Fatalities | None |
Damage | Not sure yet |
Areas affected | Queensland Papua New Guinea |
Part of the 2018–19 Australian region cyclone season |
Tropical Cyclone Penny was a relatively long-lived tropical cyclone that affected Queensland during December 2018 and January 2019.
Meteorological history
editMap 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
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
Preparations
editImpacts
editAftermath
editSee also
editReferences
editExternal links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Cyclone Penny (2018).
- Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- Joint Typhoon Warning Center
- Official severe weather report on Tropical Cyclone Penny