A Tropical Low was located at 2:00 am AWST near 11.8S 124.8E, that is 740 km north northeast of Broome and 1160 km northeast of Port Hedland and moving west southwest at 18 kilometres per hour.
The tropical low is moving towards the west southwest and is expected to gradually strengthen. It is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone during Thursday morning. On Friday, the system should continue to strengthen and adopt a more southerly track and approach the Pilbara coast. A severe coastal crossing is possible from late Friday or on Saturday along the Pilbara coast.
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.
