Summary
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ferdinand was a tropical cyclone that developed in the Indian Ocean and did not impact mainland Australia or any offshore island communities.
A low formed to the northwest of Broome during 22 February 2020 and moved to the southwest. The low reached tropical cyclone strength at 0000 Universal Time Co-ordinated (UTC) (0800 Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)) 24 February, (AWST=UTC+ 8 hours). Ferdinand continued to intensify rapidly and reached a 10-minute mean peak wind of 95 knots (175 kilometres per hour (km/h)) (category 4) at 1200 UTC 25 February. As environmental conditions became less favourable Ferdinand began to slowly weaken, finally decreasing to below tropical cyclone strength by 0000 UTC 29 February.
For more information see the Tropical Cyclone Ferdinand Report (pdf).
Track and Intensity
