Cyclone Advice - Eastern Top End - Threat Is Reduced

NT Government

Intensity: Tropical Low, sustained winds near the centre of 75 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 100 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 45 kilometres of 14.0 degrees South 134.3 degrees East, estimated to be 230 kilometres west of Alyangula and 225 kilometres east northeast of Katherine.

Movement: west southwest at 33 kilometres per hour.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle has weakened below tropical cyclone strength south of Bulman. The system will weaken further over the coming hours and track across the Top End on Sunday and early Monday as a tropical low.

A Severe Weather Warning is current for heavy, locally intense rainfall and damaging winds.

During Monday, Narelle is expected to move over the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and gales are forecast to redevelop to the north of the centre. There is a Low chance that Narelle redevelops into a tropical cyclone while in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf near the NT/WA Border.

Hazards:

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle has weakened below tropical cyclone strength and the latest Severe Weather Warning should be referred to as GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS and HEAVY, LOCALLY INTENSE RAINFALL remains possible over parts of the Top End.

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