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Tropical Cyclone Niran

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Aus scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Formed	26 February 2021
Dissipated	Present
Highest winds	10-minute sustained: 95 km/h (60 mph) 1-minute sustained: 100 km/h (65 mph) Gusts: 130 km/h (80 mph)
Lowest pressure	982 hPa (mbar); 29 inHg
Fatalities	None
Damage	$150 million (USD)
Areas affected	Queensland
Part of the 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season

Tropical Cyclone Niran is an intensifying tropical cyclone located over the Coral Sea, off the coast of Far North Queensland, Australia.

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

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

On the afternoon of 26 February 2021, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reported that a weak tropical low had formed over the northern Coral Sea, offshore from Cape Flattery in Far North Queensland, Australia. The system was embedded within a gradually strengthening monsoon trough stretching from Cape York Peninsula to the northwestern Coral Sea.

External links

• Australian Bureau of Meteorology
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center

A Category:2020–21 Australian region cyclone season Category:Tropical cyclones in Australia Category:Category 2 Australian region cyclones