Tuesday, December 15, 2015

This is happening now in Australia.

Flights are delayed about an hour.

December 18, 2015
By Keiran Gair 

A yacht near Kurnell on Botany Bay has it's sails torn away by the massive wind gusts caused by the storm.

Flights delayed (click here)
...Flights across the country have been delayed as a result of Sydney's weather, causing stress for passengers trying to travel to Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Adelaide and Canberra.

At least two international flights bound for Sydney have been diverted to Brisbane with more planes expected to be diverted to Newcastle, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane airports.

This picture is of the storm sweeping through Sydney.


China Airlines flight CI051 and Air New Zealand flight NZ105 were en route to Sydney before being redirected to Brisbane to avoid Sydney's wild weather.

"Sydney's weather has disrupted the entire national flight network," Leonie Vondezen, spokeswoman for Brisbane Airport Corporation said.

"Sydney is Australia's major international airport but, with weather like this, we expect flights to continue to be diverted throughout the rest of the day to avoid Sydney's weather."

A host of domestic flights have also been delayed, diverted or cancelled....

(left) Last of the light as the storm moves into Bondi

Southeast Indian Ocean, Australia & Indonesia Water Vapor Satellite Loop (click here for loop)

It is easy to see why Sydney is receiving dangerous weather. The red dot above shows Sydney on the map.

Australia is at 3 o'clock. All the land areas are spawning turbulence because the direct solar rays is so low in the southern hemisphere.

Wednesday 15, 2015 
0315 UTC 

The latitude just north of Australia has a circulating air mass that is very turbulent. The is just below the equator at about 10 degrees south.

There is no current typhoons in the southern hemisphere. This is just spontaneous eruptions of heat and clouds. The climate is very dangerous.