WWKU40 NFFN 162020
SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER EIGHT FOR NORTHERN COOKS ON TROPICAL
CYCLONE WATI ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI
OCT 162031 UTC.
A TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR SUWARROW.
A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN
COOKS. 
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATI CENTRE [994 HPA] WAS LOCATED NEAR 12.1 DEGREES
SOUTH 163.0 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 125 KILOMETRES NORTH OF SUWARROW AT
8AM TODAY. WATI HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 40 KNOTS CLOSE
TO ITS CENTRE WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. WATI IS GRADUALLY MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 14 KM/HR. 
ON THE FORECAST TRACK, TC WATI CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 50KM 
EAST OF SUWARROW BY AROUND 8PM TODAY AND ABOUT 180KM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
OF SUWARROW BY 10AM TOMORROW.   
FOR SUWARROW:
DAMAGING GALE FORCE WINDS WITH AVERAGE SPEEDS OF 65KM/HR AND
MOMENTARY GUSTS OF 90KM/HR IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT SUWARROW THROUGH
TODAY UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. 
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. 
HIGH SEAS WITH DAMAGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELLS WITH RISK OF COASTAL
INUNDATION DURING HIGH TIDES.
FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN COOK ISLANDS:
FRESH TO STRONG WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS. PERIODS
OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. ROUGH TO VERY
ROUGH SEAS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELLS.
THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 0130PM TODAY
[OR 162330 UTC] OR EARLIER.