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| '''Severe Tropical Cyclone Ernie''' is currently a powerful ] located in the southeast ]. It is the first storm to become a Category 5 on the Australian scale since ] in January 2015, and currently the strongest storm worldwide in 2017. Developing from a tropical disturbance south of ] on 6 April, the cyclone intensified into a tropical cyclone shortly afterwards. Late that day, Ernie began a period of ], becoming a Category |
'''Severe Tropical Cyclone Ernie''' is currently a powerful ] located in the southeast ]. It is the first storm to become a Category 5 on the Australian scale since ] in January 2015, and currently the strongest storm worldwide in 2017. Developing from a tropical disturbance south of ] on 6 April, the cyclone intensified into a tropical cyclone shortly afterwards. Late that day, Ernie began a period of ], becoming a high-end Category 4-equivalent cyclone just over 24 hours after it formed. | ||
| ==Formation== | |||
| ==Meteorological history== | |||
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| ==Rapid intensification== | |||
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| ==Demise== | |||
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| Current storm status Category 5 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale) | |||
| Current storm status Category 4 tropical cyclone (1-min mean) | |||
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| As of: | 02:00 AWST 8 April (18:00 UTC 7 April) | ||
| Location: | 15°54′N 110°24′E / 15.9°N 110.4°E / 15.9; 110.4 (Ernie) ± 30 km 790 km (490 mi) SE of Christmas Island 780 km (480 mi) NNW of Exmouth | ||
| Sustained winds: | 220 km/h (140 mph) (10-min mean) 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min mean) gusting to 315 km/h (195 mph) | ||
| Pressure: | 922 hPa (mbar; 27.23 inHg) | ||
| Movement: | S at 3 kn (6 km/h; 3 mph) | ||
| See more detailed information. | |||
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ernie is currently a powerful tropical cyclone located in the southeast Indian Ocean. It is the first storm to become a Category 5 on the Australian scale since Cyclone Monica in January 2015, and currently the strongest storm worldwide in 2017. Developing from a tropical disturbance south of Indonesia on 6 April, the cyclone intensified into a tropical cyclone shortly afterwards. Late that day, Ernie began a period of explosive intensification, becoming a high-end Category 4-equivalent cyclone just over 24 hours after it formed.
Formation
Map key Saffir–Simpson scale Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown Storm type
Tropical cyclone 
Subtropical cyclone 
Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression Rapid intensification
Demise
See also
- Cyclone Gillian – rapidly intensified to a Category 5 on both scales in a similar area in March 2014
References
| Tropical cyclones of the 2016–17 Australian region cyclone season | ||
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