Updated Tropical Cyclone Outlook for the Western Region

Issued at 10:36 am WST on Saturday 7 January 2023
for the period until midnight WST Tuesday 10 January 2023.

Existing Cyclones in the Western Region:

Nil.

Potential Cyclones:

At 10am AWST Saturday 7 January, Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie was located near the WA/NT border about 110 kilometres east-southeast of Balgo and forecast to move into the Northern Territory and weaken.

There are no other significant tropical lows in the region and none are expected to develop over the next seven days.

Likelihood of a tropical cyclone in the Western Region on:

Sunday:

Very Low

Monday:

Very Low

Tuesday:

Very Low

NOTES: The likelihood is an estimate of the chance of each system being a tropical cyclone in the Region for each day.

Very Low:

less than 5%

Low:

5% to 20%

Moderate:

20 to 50%

High:

Over 50%

The Western Region refers to the Indian Ocean between Longitudes 90-125E and south of 10S.

Further information on Tropical Cyclones is available at www.bom.gov.au/weather/cyclone/