| UK. Aviva Challenge: Move south planned to avoid tropical storm expected Saturday |
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| Thursday, 09 March 2006 | |
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Mike Broughton Shore team: After the difficulties of the storms last week we had a cold front that packed more a punch than we thought overnight, with gusts up to 55 knots which caused some damage to the yankee sheet and stanchions. Looking forward there is a tropical storm moving south from the middle of the Indian Ocean, which will bring more storm-force winds up to 60 knots, so hopefully we'll duck underneath it to avoid the worst of the winds. There is a band of high pressure roughly between Perth and Durban and it’s weak in the middle so the tropical storm will penetrate south into the Southern Ocean and then go southeast with the strong winds. At the moment it is a perfect circle of winds and is filling. However, once it passes below 40 degrees south it will change nature and become asymmetric, much like the secondary low-pressure system last week. Once again the winds will not be as strong to the south and the good news is that we won't have to go anywhere near as far south this time, which reduces the risk of ice. Tomorrow conditions will be lighter as a high-pressure system passes, so hopefully she'll have a chance to recuperate and get ready before this storm hits. www.avivachallenge.com |
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