WWKU40 NFFN 160900
 
Special Weather Bulletin Number FIVE for Northern Cooks ON TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TD01F ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI
Oct 161113 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 11.2
DEGREES SOUTH 163.3 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 120 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF
SUWARROW AT 160900UTC. 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 TO
AFFECT SUWARROW AND MAY ALSO AFFECT PALMERSTON, AITUTAKI AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN COOK ISLANDS FROM SUNDAY.

FOR SUWARROW:
STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS
INCREASING TO DAMAGING GALE FORCE WINDS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35
KNOTS AND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES AND
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. 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.

FOR PALMERSTON, AITUTAKI AND NEARBY ISLANDS:
STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS.
WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO DAMAGING GALES WITH SPEEDS OF 35 KNOTS
GUSTING TO 50 KNOTS FROM LATER TOMORROW. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING AND BECOMING FREQUENT AND HEAVY. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS,
BECOMING VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS FROM LATER TOMORROW WITH DAMAGING
HEAVY SWELLS. 

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN COOK ISLANDS:
MODERATE TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS, BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY
FROM SUNDAY. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS, BECOMING
FREQUENT AND HEAVY AT TIMES. SEAS BECOMING ROUGH WITH MODERATE TO
HEAVY SWELLS.




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