Tropical Cyclone

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 18 Issued at 08:54 PM WST on Wednesday 16 April 2025 Headline: Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol has intensified to a Category 4 cyclone. Areas Affected: Warning zone: None. Watch zone: Kuri Bay to Broome, not including Broome. Cancelled zone: None. Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol 29U at 8:00 pm AWST: Intensity: Category 4, sustained winds near the centre of 175 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 250 kilometres per hour. Location: within 20 kilometres of 14.3 degrees South 118.9 degrees East, estimated to be 540 kilometres northwest of Broome and 620 kilometres west northwest of Kuri Bay. Movement: slow moving. Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol has continued to intensify and has reached Category 4. Errol is currently slow moving, but is expected to start moving to the east southeast later tonight or during Thursday morning, taking it towards the west Kimberley coast. Errol is expected to start weakening quickly during Thursday, decreasing to Category 2 during Friday, then to Category 1 early Saturday and below tropical cyclone strength as it nears the west Kimberley coast on Saturday. Hazards: Gales with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS may develop between Cockatoo Island and Beagle Bay during Friday, and may extend to Kuri Bay during Saturday morning. Gales with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS could extend southwards from Beagle Bay to Broome, only if the track shifts slightly south of its current forecast. DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS of up to 130 kilometres per hour may develop between Cockatoo Island to Beagle Bay later Friday, but only if Errol moves faster than forecast. Isolated HEAVY RAINFALL may develop between Kuri Bay and Broome during Friday and persist during Saturday morning as Errol moves closer to and crosses the west Kimberley coast. Tides may rise above the normal high tide mark, but sea levels should not exceed the highest tide of the year.