I'd never experienced a cyclone or hurricane

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I posted a few days ago about the Southern Annular Mode affecting out weather at the moment. This from ABC Au. Wilson's Promontory is the most southerly point of mainland Au. and is just a little to the east of me.

Winds reaching 146 kilometres per hour have battered Victoria overnight, with the State Emergency Service (SES) receiving more than a thousand calls for help

A powerful cold front is moving eastwards across the state, bringing some of the most severe weather conditions of the year.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has recorded wind gusts of 146kph in Wilsons Promontory, in Victoria's south-east.

The Alpine areas have recorded winds of more than 130kph, Port Fairy and the Otways in the state's south-west had gusts of more than 100kph while there were 113kph winds in St Kilda, in Melbourne.

The BOM on Sunday likened the strength of the winds to a category two or three cyclone

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-02/severe-weather-wind-victoria-emergency/104297444