9th March 2001 Unofficially Named "The Duck"

This system

Storm

A storm is any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather...

 developed in the Tasman Sea

Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately across. It extends 2,800 km from north to south. It is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first recorded European...

 and eventually made landfall on the South East coast of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 Near Byron Bay.

2nd - 6th of March South East Queensland Subtropical Storm

2-6 March was the only Subtropical Storm that year. Roger Edson -"I really tried to get JTWC to start a 'suspect area' over this area--for research, anyway. But, they started one (I think it was 95P) then dropped it--with the change of shift. I wanted to record the MI images for this kind of 'subtropical-type' system. It seemed to have a good sig a 37Ghs but definitely NOT a good (circular) 85h signature (as one would expect for a bonafide TC

Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain. Tropical cyclones strengthen when water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapor...

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