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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 21 [/size]
Issued at 4:10 am WDT on Sunday, 2 March 2008
BY THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH
A Cyclone WARNING is current for coastal areas from Cockatoo Island to Broome.
At 3:00 am WDT Tropical Cyclone Ophelia, Category 2 was estimated to be
165 kilometres west of Cockatoo Island and
220 kilometres north of Broome and
moving west southwest at 12 kilometres per hour
Tropical Cyclone Ophelia is developing off the west Kimberley coast and is
expected to maintain a west southwesterly track.
Gales with gusts to 100 kilometres per hour may develop in coastal areas between
Cockatoo Island and Broome for a period during Sunday morning. The risk of gales
should then decrease from the northeast as the system moves away from the coast.
Details of Tropical Cyclone Ophelia at 3:00 am WDT:.Centre located near...... 16.0 degrees South 122.1 degrees East
.Location accuracy........ within 55 kilometres
.Recent movement.......... towards the west southwest at 12 kilometres per hour
.Wind gusts near centre... 130 kilometres per hour
.Severity category........ 2
.Central pressure......... 982 hectoPascals