Australia has just seen its first Category three (Severe) Tropical Cyclone of the 2019/20 season. As a Low Pressure system it tracked over Darwin, before forming into Tropical Cyclone Claudia near the north Kimberley coast late on 11th January 2020. Figure 1: Satellite view of STC Claudia as at 2020-01-13 06:00 UTC. Himawari-8 imagery courtesy of Japan Meteorological Agency It developed into a Category 3 three cyclone, with winds wind estimated to exceed 118 km/hr. Luckily