S Indian Ocean: Storm Alert issued at 21 Jan, 2010 18:00 GMT
Tropical Storm MAGDA (08S) is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):
Red Alert Country(s) or Province(s)
Australia
probability for CAT 1 or above is 70% within 12 hours
probability for TS is 85% currently
Red Alert City(s) and Town(s)
Kuri Bay (15.6 S, 124.5 E)
probability for CAT 1 or above is 55% within 12 hours
probability for TS is 85% currently
Note that
Red Alert (Severe) is CAT 1 or above to between 31% and 100% probability.
CAT 1 means Tropical Cyclone strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained.