SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone Gillian / 17P
Warning 03 from JTWC at 1500 GMT
Position 12.8S 140.8E
Location 250 miles NNE of Mornington Island, Australia
Movement 110° (ESE) at 5 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Comparative strength Tropical stormThreatened landmasses Queensland, Australia
Maximum significant wave height 10 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 0300 GMT
Gillian will intensify to 50 knots, whilst moving south, later
southwest before making landfall on the southwestern coast of the Gulf
of Carpentaria by Wednesday.
Australian warnings
Updated at 1900 GMT
A Cyclone WARNING continues for coastal areas from Gilbert River Mouth to Weipa
A Cyclone WATCH continues for coastal and island communities from Gilbert River Mouth to Port McArthur.
Tropical cyclone 18P
Warning 01 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 14.0S 167.2E
Location 490 miles N of Noumea, New Caledonia
Movement 025° (NNE) at 9 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Comparative strength Tropical storm
Threatened landmasses Vanuatu, New Zealand
Maximum significant wave height 10 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 0900 GMT
18P has formed near Vanuatu, but will now start to move southeast, passing west of Fiji towards the North Island of New Zealand. The system will become, or already be, extratropical by that time.
Solomon Islands warnings
A tropical disturbance watch is in force for Temotu, Makira, Rennell & Bellona, southern Guadalcanal and Malaita provinces. There are currently no warnings for Vanuatu.
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 2100 GMT
System Hadi / 96P
Position 18.4S 150.5E
Location 133 miles SSE of Willis Island, Australia
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation is MEDIUM
Australian warnings
Updated at 2100 GMT
All warnings are now cancelled for this system.
System 99P is now 18P
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 1800 GMT
System 90S is no longer suspect for tropical cyclone formation
