South Pacific Tropical Cyclone Advice #4 Tonga

Issue Time: 04:00am Sunday 05^th April 2020.

Next Issue: 2:00am Monday 06^th April 2020.

Issued by the Tonga Meteorological Service

ADVICE SUMMARY:

Severe Tropical Cyclone (TC) “Harold” (Category 4) was located near latitude 14.7 South and Longitude 165.2 East, or about 155 km West of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu at about 03:00am local time this morning. The cyclone has average winds of 90-95 knots (166 – 175km/hr) near its center and is moving Southeast at a speed of 3 knots (5km/hr). Severe TC Harold is expected to further intensify into a Category 5 System in the next 6 to 12 hours. On its current forecast track, TC Harold it is NOT expected to affect Tonga in the next 72hours (next 3 days) but may pose a threat to Tonga between Wednesday to Friday this next week (8^th to 10^th April 2020).