Details of Tropical Cyclone Errol 29U at 8:00 am AWST:
Intensity: category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 110 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 155 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 35 kilometres of 14.0 degrees South, 119.8 degrees East , 515 kilometres north northwest of Broome and 540 kilometres west northwest of Kuri Bay .
Movement: west southwest at 10 kilometres per hour .
Tropical Cyclone Errol is expected to continue intensifying to reach a severe category 3 tropical cyclone later today.
Errol is currently moving west, but is expected to turn to the southeast from tonight and begin moving towards the west Kimberley coast on Thursday.
Errol may weaken to a category 1 cyclone as it approaches the coast late on Friday. Despite the weakening, gales may still occur along exposed parts of the coast overnight on Friday or early Saturday.
