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PLOTTING MAP Cape Wessel Elchols Nhulunbuy Cape Shield Groote Eylandt Numbulwar Port Roper Port Macarthur Mornington Island Burketown Karumba Gilbert River Mouth Kowanyama Pormpuraaw Cape Keerweer Aurukun Lockhart River Weipa Mapoon Orford Ness Thursday Island Cape Grenville Cape Melville Cape Flattery Cooktown Cape Tribulation Port Douglas Cairns Innisfail Cardwell Lucinda Townsville Ayr Bowen Proserpine Hayman Island Mackay Sarina St Lawrence Yeppoon Shoalwater Bay Rockhampton Gladstone Town of 1770 Bundaberg Hervey Bay Double Island Point Tewantin Sandy Cape Cape Moreton Brisbane Southport Point Lookout Coolangatta Cape Byron Ballina Longreach Mt Isa Emerald Monto Kingaroy Roma Toowoomba Cunnamulla Atherton Charleville Charters Towers 155ºE 150ºE 145ºE 140ºE 135ºE 10ºS 15ºS 20ºS 25ºS 30ºS Normanton Georgetown Mareeba Willis Island Print out and use this plotting map to help you keep track of the cyclone's movements. When the Bureau of Meteorology issues an advice, the position of the cyclone is given both as a longitude and latitude reading and as a 16 point compass bearing. To plot the cyclone use the longitude (vertical lines) and latitude (horizontal lines) readings issued and mark them on the plotting map below. Remember that the readings are given for the eye of the cyclone, that is the centre. Gale force winds may be experienced on the coast many hours and hundreds of kilometres ahead of the cyclone’s centre. NW SE NE SW WNW SSW SSE ESE ENE NNE NNW WSW E N S W
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PLOTTING MAP
Cape Wessel
ElcholsNhulunbuy
Cape Shield
Groote EylandtNumbulwar
Port Roper
Port Macarthur
Mornington Island
BurketownKarumba
Gilbert River Mouth
Kowanyama
Pormpuraaw
Cape Keerweer
AurukunLockhart RiverWeipa
Mapoon
Orford Ness
Thursday Island
Cape Grenville
Cape Melville
Cape FlatteryCooktown
Cape TribulationPort Douglas
Cairns
Innisfail
CardwellLucinda
TownsvilleAyr
BowenProserpine
Hayman Island
MackaySarina
St Lawrence
Yeppoon
Shoalwater Bay
RockhamptonGladstoneTown of 1770
Bundaberg
Hervey Bay
Double Island PointTewantin
Sandy Cape
Cape MoretonBrisbane
SouthportPoint Lookout
CoolangattaCape Byron
Ballina
Longreach
Mt Isa
Emerald
Monto
KingaroyRoma
ToowoombaCunnamulla
Atherton
Charleville
Charters Towers
155ºE150ºE145ºE140ºE135ºE 10ºS
15ºS
20ºS
25ºS
30ºS
NormantonGeorgetown
Mareeba
Willis Island
Print out and use this plotting map to help you keep track of the cyclone's movements. When the Bureau of Meteorology issues an advice, the position of the cyclone is given both as a longitude and latitude reading and as a 16 point compass bearing. To plot the cyclone use the longitude (vertical lines) and latitude (horizontal lines) readings issued and mark them on the plotting map below. Remember that the readings are given for the eye of the cyclone, that is the centre. Gale force winds may be experienced on the coast many hours and hundreds of kilometres ahead of the cyclone’s centre.
NW
SE
NE
SW
WNW
SSW SSE
ESE
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NNENNW
WSW
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