Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for BLAKE-20
in Australia

Impact

Tropical Cyclone BLAKE-20 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source GDACS
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 93 km/h
Maximum storm surge 1.1 m (06 Jan 13:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
Current 65 km/h 0.1 m n.a. 0.5
Overall 93 km/h 1.1 m n.a. 0.5

Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

Wind

65 km/h Current Max.

Up to 24000 people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
Tropical Storm or higher
Population in
Cat 1. or higher
Countries
Green 1 05 Jan 2020 18:00 83 50 thousand No people Australia
Green 2 06 Jan 2020 00:00 83 30 thousand No people Australia
Green 3 06 Jan 2020 06:00 102 40 thousand No people Australia
Green 4 06 Jan 2020 12:00 93 30 thousand No people Australia
Green 5 06 Jan 2020 18:00 93 30 thousand No people Australia
Green 6 07 Jan 2020 00:00 74 30 thousand No people Australia
Green 7 07 Jan 2020 06:00 65 30 thousand No people Australia
Green 8 07 Jan 2020 12:00 65 20 thousand No people Australia
Green 9 07 Jan 2020 18:00 65 20 thousand No people Australia
Green 10 08 Jan 2020 00:00 65 20 thousand No people Australia

Bulletin Timeline

Alert Date (UTC) Category
(SSHS)
Max winds
(km/h)
Population in
Cat.1 or higher
Population in
Tropical Storm
or higher
Location (lat, lon) Countries
GREEN
1 05 Jan 2020 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 2900 people -16, 121.3 Australia
GREEN
2 06 Jan 2020 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 15000 people -15.9, 121.9 Australia
GREEN
3 06 Jan 2020 06:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 21000 people -16.5, 122.2 Australia
GREEN
4 06 Jan 2020 12:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 22000 people -17.4, 122 Australia
GREEN
5 06 Jan 2020 18:00 Tropical storm 93 no people 22000 people -17.9, 121.8 Australia
GREEN
6 07 Jan 2020 00:00 Tropical storm 74 no people 15000 people -18.5, 121.6 Australia
GREEN
7 07 Jan 2020 06:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 14000 people -18.7, 121.2 Australia
GREEN
8 07 Jan 2020 12:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 1200 people -19.5, 121 Australia
GREEN
9 07 Jan 2020 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 1200 people -19.8, 120.6 Australia
GREEN
10 08 Jan 2020 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 1500 people -20.7, 119.7 Australia
GREEN
10 08 Jan 2020 12:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -21.9, 119.4 Australia
Actual track of the current bulletin
The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.
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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Countries

Country
Australia

Provinces

Region Province Country
Western Australia Australia

Populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population
Mount Goldsworthy Western Australia Australia City -
Broome Western Australia Australia City 13000 people
Derby Western Australia Australia City -

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft)
Muccan MUQ unknown 0
Shay Gap SGP unknown 0
Marble Bar MBB unknown 0
Pardoo PRD unknown 0
Mt. Goldsworthy GLY unknown 0
Shaw River SWB unknown 0
Wallal WLA unknown 0
Mandora MQA unknown 0
Broome BME 17 Civ. Paved Yes 7800
Carroll 91 Civ. Paved Yes 10000
Derby DRB 7 Civ. Paved Yes 5600

Ports

Name LOCODE Country
Lagrange Coral Sea Islands
Broome AUBME Coral Sea Islands
Beagle Bay Coral Sea Islands
Derby AUDRB Coral Sea Islands
Cape Leveque Coral Sea Islands
Yampi Sound Coral Sea Islands
Yampi AUYAM Coral Sea Islands

Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

1.1 m

The maximum Storm surge height is  1.1m in Derby, Australia. This height is estimated for 06 Jan 2020 13:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (17 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 8 of 07 Jan 2020 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
06 Jan 2020 13:00 Derby Australia  1.1
06 Jan 2020 10:00 Pender Australia  0.8
07 Jan 2020 00:00 Thangoo Australia  0.7
06 Jan 2020 23:00 Broome Australia  0.5
06 Jan 2020 09:00 Kollan I Australia  0.5
06 Jan 2020 22:00 Kennedys Cottage Australia  0.5
06 Jan 2020 23:00 Waterbank Australia  0.4
06 Jan 2020 05:00 Nightcliff Australia  0.4
06 Jan 2020 05:00 Larrakeyah Australia  0.4
06 Jan 2020 05:00 Fannie Bay Australia  0.4
06 Jan 2020 05:00 Parap Australia  0.4
06 Jan 2020 05:00 Darwin Australia  0.4
06 Jan 2020 05:00 Ludmilla Australia  0.4
06 Jan 2020 05:00 Bagot Australia  0.4
06 Jan 2020 04:00 Leanyer Australia  0.4
05 Jan 2020 22:00 Minjilang Australia  0.1
08 Jan 2020 06:00 Condon Australia  0.1