WWKU41 NFFN 162100 PART 1 OF 2 SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN NUMBER ONE FOR SOUTHERN COOKS ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI OCT 162100 UTC. A TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT REMAINS IN FORCE FOR AITUTAKI. A STRONG WIND WARNING REMAINS IN FORCE FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN 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 75 KM/HR CLOSE TO ITS CENTRE WITH GUSTS TO 100 KM/HR. WATI IS GRADUALLY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 14 KM/HR TOWARDS SOUTHERN COOKS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, TC WATI CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 530KM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF AITUTAKI BY AROUND 10AM TOMORROW [SATURDAY] AND ABOUT 100KM NORTH OF AITUTAKI BY 10AM ON SUNDAY. FOR AITUTAKI: FRESH TO STRONG WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KILOMETRES WITH GUSTS TO 80 KM/HR. WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO DAMAGING GALE FORCE WINDS WITH AVERAGE SPEEDS OF 75KM/HR AND MOMENTARY GUSTS TO 100KM/HR FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS INCREASING TO PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOMORROW [SATURDAY]. ROUGH SEAS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELLS. HIGH SEAS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY MORNING. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN COOK ISLANDS: MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHEAST WINDS, INCREASING TO STRONG WITH AVERAGE WINDS UP TO 45KM/HR WITH GUSTS UPTO 90KM/HR FROM LATER TOMORROW. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SOME SHOWERS, INCREASING TO PERIODS OF RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOMORROW. MODERATE TO