Marine Weather Warnings - Tropical Cyclone Warning

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Advice For Western Australia
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre

Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this warning.

PRIORITY

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 21
Issued at 11:37 AM WST on Saturday 24 February 2024

Headline:
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln to remain a tropical low.

Areas Affected:
Warning zone: None.

Watch zone: None.

Cancelled zone: Giralia to Cape Cuvier including Exmouth.

Details of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln at 11:00 am AWST:
Intensity: Tropical Low, sustained winds near the centre of 55 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 85 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 45 kilometres of 21.5 degrees South 113.1 degrees East, estimated to be 115 kilometres west northwest of Exmouth and 380 kilometres north of Carnarvon.
Movement: south at 21 kilometres per hour.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln is moving south and will pass to the west of the Exmouth-Ningaloo area before crossing the Gascoyne coast between Coral Bay and Cape Cuvier tonight. The system is expected to remain a tropical low but may cause a period of strong winds especially to the Ningaloo coast during Saturday.

Hazards:
Refer to Severe Weather Warning at http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/warnings/

Recommended Action:
DFES advises of the following community alerts (effective as of 11:30am): BLUE ALERT: Nil YELLOW ALERT: Nil ALL CLEAR: for people Northwest Cape to Cape Cuvier (including Exmouth, Coral Bay and Giralia).

Cyclone advices and DFES Alerts are available by dialling 13 DFES (13 3337)

A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone

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