Details of Tropical Cyclone Courtney 27U at 8:00 pm AWST:
Intensity: category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 100 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 140 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 35 kilometres of 17.5 degrees South, 103.2 degrees East , 830 kilometres south southwest of Christmas Island and 910 kilometres southeast of Cocos (Keeling) Islands .
Movement: west at 25 kilometres per hour .
Tropical Cyclone Courtney is intensifying over open waters in the Indian Ocean well to the northwest of Western Australia. It will continue to move westwards and intensify further in coming days.
Tropical Cyclone Courtney will not impact the Western Australian coast, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Christmas Island.
