Details of Tropical Low 27U at 8:00 pm AWST:
Intensity: tropical low, sustained winds near the centre of 65 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 95 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 45 kilometres of 16.3 degrees South, 111.4 degrees East , 690 kilometres north northwest of Exmouth and 900 kilometres southeast of Christmas Island .
Movement: west southwest at 15 kilometres per hour .
Tropical low 27U is located well to the northwest of the Pilbara coast and is expected to continue to move westwards away from the Australian mainland. 27U is only slowly developing and it is forecast to intensify into a tropical cyclone late Wednesday or early Thursday while continuing to move westwards.
It will not impact the Western Australian coast, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Christmas Island.
