Tropical Cyclone Marcus downgraded to Cat 1 for now & update 2 March 17 06:45 UTC 16:46AEST

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Channel: Force Thirteen · 2018 · Science & Technology

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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 20
Issued at 2:58 pm ACST [1:28 pm AWST] on Saturday 17 March 2018

Headline:
Tropical Cyclone Marcus weakens to Category 1 south of Dundee Beach.

Areas Affected:
Warning Zone
Cape Hotham to Mitchell Plateau, including Darwin.

Watch Zone
Cockatoo Island to Mitchell Plateau.

Cancelled Zone
None.

Details of Tropical Cyclone Marcus at 2:30 pm ACST [1:00 pm AWST]:
Intensity: Category 1, sustained winds near the centre of 85 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 120 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 9 kilometres of 12.9 degrees South 130.4 degrees East, estimated to be 20 kilometres south of Dundee Beach and 70 kilometres southwest of Darwin.

Movement: southwest at 21 kilometres per hour.

Tropical Cyclone Marcus was weakened to a Category 1 tropical cyclone near the coast south of Dundee Beach. During the next few hours, Tropical Cyclone Marcus will move off the Northern Territory coastline between Dundee Beach and Channel Point and into the Timor Sea. Tropical Cyclone Marcus is forecast to re-intensity to Category 2 before approaching the northeast Kimberley during Sunday. The tropical cyclone is expected to move off the northwest Kimberley coast during Monday morning and continue moving westwards, into the Indian Ocean.

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