AT 5:00 AM THIS MORNING, TROPICAL CYCLONE RAQUEL WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 999 HECTOPASCALS WAS RE- LOCATED NEAR 5.8 DEGREES LATITUDE SOUTH AND 159.3 DEGREES LONGITUDE EAST. THIS IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 110 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ISABEL ISLAND AND 20 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ONTONG JAVA ATOLL ISLAND. THE CYCLONE IS MOVING IN THE SOUTHWEST DIRECTION AT 09 KNOTS AND INTENSIFIES.
EXPECT MEAN MAXIMUM WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS AT TIMES OVER ISABEL, CHOISEUL, WESTERN, ONTONG JAVA ATOLL, GUADALCANAL, MALAITA, MAKIRA, RENNEL & BELLONA AND TEMOTU PROVINCES.
GALES FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS MAY DEVELOP ABOUT THE MALAITA, ISABEL, WESTERN, CENTRAL AND GUADALCANAL
SEAS WILL BE MODERATE TO ROUGH WITH MODERATE NORTHWEST SWELLS WITH POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING.
RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS.
PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AS BAD WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL CYCLONE POSES THREATS TO LIVES AND PROPERTIES.
PLEASE LISTEN TO ALL RADIO OUTLETS FOR FURTHER ADVICES.
THE NEXT ADVICE WILL BE ISSUED AT 1:30PM THIS AFTERNOON.
DATE: 01ST JULY 2015.
