WWKU40 NFFN 160600
PART 1 OF 2
RNZI
SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER FOUR FOR NORTHERN COOKS ON TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TD01F ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI
OCT 160750 UTC.
A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR SUWARROW
A TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT REMAINS IN FORCE FOR PALMERSTON, AITUTAKI
AND NEARBY ISLANDS 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TD01F CENTRE [996 HPA] WAS LOCATED NEAR 10.8
DEGREES SOUTH 163.4 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 140 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF
SUWARROW AT 160600UTC. TD01F HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 30
KNOTS CLOSE TO ITS CENTRE WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS. TD01F IS GRADUALLY
MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 06 KNOTS. TD01F IS EXPECTED TO
FURTHER INTENSIFY AND DEVELOP INTO A CATEGORY 1 TROPICAL CYCLONE
TOMORROW MORNING.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK, TD01F IS EXPECTED TO PASS CLOSE TO SUWARROW
DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE MOVING TOWARDS THE
SOUTHERN COOK ISLANDS LATER ON SATURDAY. DAMAGING GALE FORCE WINDS
MAY DEVELOP OVER SUWARROW FROM LATER TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS MAY
ALSO AFFECT PALMERSTON, AITUTAKI AND OTHER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN COOK
ISLANDS DURING THE WEEKEND.
FOR SUWARROW:
STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS,
POSSIBLY INCREASING TO DAMAGING GALE FORCE WINDS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 35 KNOTS AND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS FROM LATER TONIGHT. RAIN AND
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING FREQUENT AND HEAVY. VERY ROUGH TO HIGH
SEAS WITH DAMAGING HEAVY SWELLS.
FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN COOK ISLANDS:
FRESH TO STRONG WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS. PERIODS
OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. ROUGH TO VERY
ROUGH SEAS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELLS.