Cyclone Favio

[Somerset Squall]

Cyclone Favio is bearing down on Mozambique. It is currently a cat 4 on the saffir-simpson scale. I think this is going to be disasterous. Landfall due tomorrow night.

Unisys

Meteofrance

As you can see, Favio has spent most of it's time a a moderate tropical cyclone, and it has since bombed very quickly, central pressure was as low as 928mb, now back up to 940mb, regardless of this- this is still a very dangerous storm. I doubt it will make international news though- despite the fact I think it will cause fatalities.

[Supercell]

Thanks for the links.

One to keep a very close eye on. Sustained winds of 144 mph, gusting to 173 mph - a monster. Forecast to remain a cat 4 on landfall, widespread devastation seems likely. I doubt very much Mozambique will be able to cope with Favio at all.

Edited February 21, 2007 by Supercell

[Somerset Squall]

Thanks for the links.

One to keep a very close eye on. Sustained winds of 144 mph, gusting to 173 mph - a monster. Forecast to remain a cat 4 on landfall, widespread devastation seems likely. I doubt very much Mozambique will be able to cope with Favio at all.

Indeed. Favio has weakened to a category 3 now, but still packing some intense rainfall and winds.

More worrying still is two more tropical storms have formed today, Gamede and 16S, this is certainly a very active period for the southern ocean!!

[summer blizzard]

Central Pressure: 940 mb.

Location: 23.0 SUD / 36.2 EST

(-13 degreez south, 36 degrees east).

DISTANCE from Land: 1970 KM

Direction: North West A 18 KM/H.

Latest bulletin..

http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunio...e_en_cours.html

Edited February 22, 2007 by summer blizzard

[Somerset Squall]

Very near landfall now. I don't know what conditions are like in Mozambique at the moment. Pressure dropped again since last update, now 935mb.

[Supercell]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pres...pr20070222.html

Mozambique could do without the high rainfall totals.

[Somerset Squall]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pres...pr20070222.html

Mozambique could do without the high rainfall totals.

Thanks for the link Supercell. Yes, it appears they were already suffering from flooding before Favio decided to crash into them. I hope they cope to the best of their ability with this system, bad timing to say the least!