The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues Thursday despite unfavorable weather forecast, the Joint Agency Coordination Center (JACC) said its latest statement.

The weather forecast for Thursday is for heavy rain and low cloud, with south easterly winds up to 35 knots, sea swells of three to four metres and visibility of one kilometre.

Prior to the commencement of Thursday's air search operations, an assessment of current weather conditions will be made as ex-Tropical Cyclone Jack moves south.

Up to 11 military aircraft and 11 ships are planned to assist in Thursday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, said the JACC.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has planned a visual search area totaling approximately 49,567 square kilometres. The centre of the search area lies approximately 1584 kilometres north west of Perth.

Bluefin-21 AUV is currently completing mission 12 in the underwater search area," said the JACC. "Bluefin-21 has now completed more than 90 per cent of the focused underwater search area. No contacts of interest have been found to date."

The focused underwater search area is defined as a circle of 10km radius around the second Towed Pinger Locator detection which occurred on 8 April, said the JACC

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has advised that after examining detailed photographs of material washed ashore 10 kilometres east of Augusta, it is satisfied it is not a lead in relation to the search for missing flight MH370. 

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