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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 42
Issued at 02:42 AM WST on Monday 23 March 2026

Headline:
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle moving west across the NT towards the north Kimberley, likely to redevelop over waters west of the Kimberley early on Wednesday.

Areas Affected:
Warning zone: Mitchell Plateau to the WA/NT Border.

Watch zone: Beagle Bay to southwest of Mitchell Plateau.

Cancelled zone: None

Details of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle 34U at 2:00 am AWST:
Intensity: Tropical Low, sustained winds near the centre of 55 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 85 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 30 kilometres of 14.1 degrees South 130.3 degrees East, estimated to be 215 kilometres west of Katherine and 280 kilometres east northeast of Wyndham.
Movement: west at 25 kilometres per hour.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle will continue tracking across the western Top End this morning as a well-defined tropical low. A Severe Weather Warning is current in this area for heavy, locally intense rainfall and damaging wind gusts.
The low is expected to move over the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf during the day, and gales may redevelop to the north of the centre. These gales may impact the northeast Kimberley coast, however there is only a low chance of the system redeveloping into a tropical cyclone during this time. The passage of the low across the north Kimberley is likely to be accompanied by heavy rainfall, particularly during the period from this afternoon until Tuesday morning.
During Tuesday, Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle is forecast to move offshore of the west Kimberley coast and there is a risk of coastal gales between Beagle Bay and west of Kalumburu. It is a High chance of redeveloping into a tropical cyclone by early Wednesday morning, and during Wednesday it is likely to be located to the north of the Pilbara coast and moving west southwest.

Hazards:
HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is likely to develop across the north Kimberley during today and continue into Tuesday morning.
GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 90 km/h may develop along the coast between Kalumburu and the WA/NT border during Monday as the low moves west.
GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 100 km/h may develop along the coast between Beagle Bay and west of Kalumburu during Tuesday.

Recommended Action:
DFES advises:
Ensure you know what to do in a cyclone. For the latest DFES community alerts and warnings visit www.emergency.wa.gov.au or download the Emergency WA app.

Cyclone advices and DFES Alerts are available by dialling 13 DFES (13 3337)

A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone