15 August 2024 - bulletin 480

Issued at 1530 GMT
Latest warnings for 05L and 08W
Disturbance update

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
TYPHOON Ampil / 08W
Warning 13 from JTWC at 1500 GMT
Position 31.5N 140.8E
Location 235 miles SSE of Yokosuka, Japan
Movement 350° (N) at 9 knots
Maximum sustained winds 95 knots gusting to 115 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 130 to 175 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 30 to 55 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Japan
Minimum central pressure 952 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 35 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
HURRICANE Ernesto / 05L
Warning 16 from NHC at 1500 GMT
Position 25.0N 69.2W
Location 570 miles SSW of Bermuda
Movement 350° (N) at 12 knots
Maximum sustained winds 75 knots gusting to 90 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 175 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 60 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
Minimum central pressure 979 mbar
Next warning from NHC at 1800 GMT

Regional warnings

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 1330 GMT
System 90S
Position 5.2S 73.9E
Location 159 miles NNE of Diego Garcia
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now MEDIUM

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