Cyclone season
I remain, as always, petrified at the prospect of cyclones. From November 1 until April 30, my waking each day is filled with unease about what the weather may unleash. I well remember Cyclone Monica in 2006, a category five super cyclone, and Darwin on April 24 and 25. Providentially, it was diverted south by a stream of cold and dry air heqading up from the interior. It missed Maningrida, went through Jabiru as a Category 2 cyclone, and impacted Adelaide River and Batchelor. Category 1 cyclone swept over Darwin City as a low and north-east into the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf.


