Tropical Cyclone Freddy passed south of the Cocos Islands on Sunday night. At 10:00 a.m. EST on Monday the center of Tropical Cyclone Freddy was located at latitude 15.4°S and longitude 94.1°E which put it about 275 miles (445 km) south-southwest of Cocos Islands. Freddy was moving toward the west at 14 m.p.h. (22 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 105 m.p.h. (165 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 125 m.p.h. (200 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 964 mb.

Tropical Cyclone Freddy weakened a little as it passed south of the Cocos Islands on Sunday night. Freddy was moving under the northern part of an upper level ridge over the Southeast Indian Ocean. The ridge produced stronger easterly winds that blew toward the top of Freddy’s circulation during Sunday night. Those winds caused more vertical wind shear and the shear caused Tropical Cyclone Freddy to weaken a little. The wind shear also caused the distribution of thunderstorms in Freddy’s circulation to become more asymmetrical. Many of the thunderstorms were occurring in bands in the western half of Tropical Cyclone Freddy. Some of the bands in the eastern side of Freddy consisted primarily of showers and lower clouds. Winds to hurricane/typhoon force extended out 30 miles (50 km) from the center of Tropical Cyclone Freddy. Winds to tropical storm force extended out 110 miles (175 km) from the center of circulation.

Tropical Cyclone Freddy will move through an environment that will be unfavorable for intensification during the next 24 hours. Freddy will move over over water where the Sea Surface Temperatures are near 27˚C. However, the upper level ridge over the Southeast Indian Ocean will continue to cause moderate vertical wind shear during the next 24 hours. The wind shear is likely to cause Tropical Cyclone Freddy to weaken during the next 24 hours. Freddy could move into a region were the upper level winds are weaker later this week.

Tropical Cyclone Freddy will move around the northern part of a high pressure system over the South Indian Ocean. The high pressure system will steer Freddy toward the west during the next few days. On its anticipated track, Tropical Cyclone Freddy will move farther away from the Cocos Islands. Freddy could be south of Diego Garcia by the end of the week.

Elsewhere over the South Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Dingani was passing east of Rodrigues. At 4:00 a.m. EST on Monday the center of Tropical Cyclone Dingani was located at latitude 19.2°S and longitude 73.2°E which put it about 660 miles (1060 km) east of Rodrigues. Dingani was moving toward the southwest at 8 m.p.h. (13 km/h). The maximum sustained wind speed was 90 m.p.h. (145 km/h) and there were wind gusts to 115 m.p.h. (185 km/h). The minimum surface pressure was 969 mb.