WWKU40 NFFN 162100
SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER NINE FOR NORTHERN COOKS ON TROPICAL
CYCLONE WATI ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI
OCT 162335 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 [993 HPA] WAS LOCATED NEAR 12.2 DEGREES
SOUTH 163.5 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 120 KILOMETRES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
SUWARROW AT 11AM TODAY. WATI HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 75
KILOMETRES CLOSE TO ITS CENTRE WITH GUSTS TO 100 KILOMETRES. WATI IS
GRADUALLY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 14 KM/HR. 
ON THE FORECAST TRACK, TC WATI CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 15KM 
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SUWARROW BY AROUND 11PM TODAY AND ABOUT 170KM
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SUWARROW BY 11AM 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 40 TO 55 KILOMETRES WITH GUSTS TO 75
KILOMETRES. 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 0430PM TODAY
[OR 170230 UTC] OR EARLIER.