Draft:Cyclone Chloe

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Meteorological history
Formed3 April 1995
Dissipated9 April 1995
Category 5 severe tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (BOM)
Highest winds230 km/h (145 mph)
Lowest pressure930 hPa (mbar); 27.46 inHg
Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds220 km/h (140 mph)
Overall effects
Areas affectedNorthern Territory, Western Australia

Part of the 1994–95 Australian region cyclone season

Severe Tropical Cyclone Chloe was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone which affected the Northern Territory and Western Australia during April 1995. The most intense storm of the 1994–95 Australian region cyclone season, Chloe

Meterological history[edit]

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
  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
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

In the monsoonal trough, a low-pressure area formed east of Timor on 3 April, travelling westward. Easterly wind shear and the mountainous climate of Timor initially prevented development, but once the disturbance was over the Savu Sea the next day, it would begin to strengthen. On 3:00 UTC on 5 April, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Center of Perth (TCWC Perth) would name the nascent system Chloe as it intensified into a tropical cyclone.[1]

Chloe would undergo rapid intensification later that day, intensifying into a severe tropical cyclone (hurricane equivalent on the Saffir–Simpson scale)[1]



References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Severe Tropical Cyclone Chloe" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. 1995.