TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 1
Issued by the BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, DARWIN
at 5:01 pm CST [4:31 pm WDT] Wednesday 27 February 2008
A CYCLONE WATCH has been declared for a developing tropical low for coastal
areas from Kalumburu [WA] to Port Keats [NT].
At 3:30 pm CST [3:00 pm WDT] a TROPICAL LOW was estimated to be 75 kilometres
north northwest of Timber Creek and 165 kilometres east northeast of Kununurra
and moving west at 13 kilometres per hour.
There is the possibility of a TROPICAL CYCLONE developing in the southern Joseph
Bonaparte Gulf on Friday. GALES are not expected in coastal areas within the
next 24 hours, however gales could develop later.
Details of TROPICAL LOW at 3:30 pm CST [3:00 pm WDT]:
. Centre located near...... 15.1 degrees South 130.1 degrees East
. Location accuracy........ within 28 kilometres
. Recent movement.......... towards the west at 13 kilometres per hour
. Wind gusts near centre... 85 kilometres per hour
. Severity category........ below cyclone intensity
. Central pressure......... 1001 hectoPascals
The next advice will be issued by 11:00 pm CST [10:30 pm WDT] Wednesday 27
February.
TC Track and Threat Map Page
This is moving away from us but its around the same area as the last cyclone that passed below us..