# TC Rusty nears Port Hedland
**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tc-rusty-nears-port-hedland/9736
**Category:** Marine Weather
**Created:** [February 25, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tc-rusty-nears-port-hedland/9736 "2013-02-25T14:54:49Z")
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### Author:  [@fredwx](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/fredwx)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tc-rusty-nears-port-hedland/9736/1 "2013-02-25T14:54:49Z")
TropicalCyclone Rusty has developed north-northeast of Port Hedland, Australia and isforecast to reach 100 Knots before landfall near or just east of Port Hedlandaround 00Z 27th.
[http://oceanweatherservices.com/blog1/?p=2208&preview=true](http://oceanweatherservices.com/blog1/?p=2208&preview=true)
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### Author:  [@fredwx](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/fredwx)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tc-rusty-nears-port-hedland/9736/2 "2013-02-26T08:10:40Z")
Tuesday updates\*show TC Rusty not deepening as fast as earlier forecasts, now expected to have max winds of 80 knots \*as it makes landfall \*just ENE of Port Hedland later today. \*
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### Author:  [@fredwx](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/fredwx)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tc-rusty-nears-port-hedland/9736/3 "2013-02-26T17:10:47Z")
Update: 261800Z — TC Rusty near 19.3S 119.1E Stationary with max winds 95kts now expected to make landfall about 18Z 27th about 30-40NM east of Port Hedland.