Site to check weather warnings cyclones etc

[MandaNShannon]

We are cruising to New Caledonia in a few days. (March 2nd) from Sydney.

I have looked on Google for weather forecast/warnings. With not much luck.

Each site says something different, I am wondering if anyone knows of a reliable site?

 

 

 

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[Kinkacruiser]

We are cruising to New Caledonia in a few days. (March 2nd) from Sydney.

I have looked on Google for weather forecast/warnings. With not much luck.

Each site says something different, I am wondering if anyone knows of a reliable site?

 

 

 

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The low near the Qld coast will have blown out by March 2.

[MicCanberra]

Have a great cruise and I wish you smooth seas and sunshine.:D

[Opua Kiwi]

Each site says something different, I am wondering if anyone knows of a reliable site?

Different sites may use different computer modeling, so it pays to use a few if it's going to be a bad TS or Cyclone.

 

I use this one a bit.

 

http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/

[GandM-nq]

Can try the US Navy tracking site.

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/TC.html

 

Bit hard to navigate and no idea what it all means, but try these buttons:

Left hand column. See Southern Hemisphere.

atm there are 4 storms listed below this. These are the storms being tracked by them that are in the southern hemisphere.

Click on 13P Thirteen. (this is TC Marcia).

 

Page for that system comes up. Click on map for enlargement.

 

The track looks similar to the BoM site. I have previously seen TC storms in northern hemisphere on this site where there are multiple tracking algorithms used (like 12-15 different trackings from all the various formulas that other countries use. Interesting). Guessing there is only BoM that does modelling for this area.

[MandaNShannon]

Thanks so much everyone for all your help.

I'm so worried that we are going to hit a cyclone.

I've had this cruise booked for almost 12 months. And have not been concerned until the cyclone that formed a few days ago off QLD

[cporses]

If the weather is still a tad rough, the ship will vary it's course and schedule as necessary to avoid any really nasty stuff. The TC called Marcia will be long gone by then.

 

 

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[Opua Kiwi]

. And have not been concerned until the cyclone that formed a few days ago off QLD

I use this site a lot.

Reasonable accuracy up to about 7 days out.

Select different regions, once displayed selecting an individual chart will expand the size.

 

As cporses says, too early for any assessment yet, plus your Capatin will steer clear of anything bad.

I tend not to worry about things I can't control.

 

http://www.metvuw.co.nz/forecast/forecast.php?type=rain&region=swp&noofdays=10

[Kiwi Kruzer]

The NZ Met service also has maps for the Pacific areas. As said above ,its a very big area to cover so as to the accuracy...?????

 

http://www.metservice.com/warnings/home

[rwil111]

Looks like Rhapsody is heading in to some wild weather. This Queensland itinerary is my favourite cruise. Hope they manage to duck around the worst.