A low under surveillance for several days in the North of Western Australia is emerging in the Southeast Indian Ocean. It should develop rapidly and reach the tropical storm stage in the next 12 to 24 hours. It will be named Damien, becoming the 3rd system of the 2019/2020 cyclone season on the Southeast part of the Indian Ocean after Blake and Claudia.

The system should move west southwestward during the next 48 hours under the effect of the subtropical ridge. As of Friday, the system gradually tunr southward, with the offset to the East of the ridge. On this track, the future Damien storm should approach the coasts of Pilbara and potentially landfall Saturday. The potential impact area is still large. It would be between Port Hedland and Onslow.