Details of Tropical Low 27U at 2:00 pm AWST:
Intensity: tropical low, sustained winds near the centre of 65 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 100 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 45 kilometres of 16.8 degrees South, 109.2 degrees East , 770 kilometres northwest of Exmouth and 800 kilometres south southeast of Christmas Island .
Movement: west southwest at 14 kilometres per hour .
Tropical low 27U is located well to the northwest of the Pilbara coast and is expected to continue to move westwards, further away from the Australian mainland. 27U is only slowly developing and it is forecast to have gales extend around the system and become a tropical cyclone during Thursday while continuing to move westwards.
It will not impact the Western Australian coast, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Christmas Island.
