22 February 2025 - bulletin 119

Issued at 1120 GMT
First warning for 18P
Disturbance update
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone 18P
Warning 01 from JTWC at 0900 GMT
Position 15.4S 149.7E
Location 242 miles NE of Cairns, Australia
Movement 165° (SSE) at 4 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 100 miles to the southeast of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 12 feet
Minimum central pressure 1000 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0900 GMT
System 92P
Position 21.7S 167.2W
Location 459 miles E of Tonga
Minimum central pressure 1000 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now LOW

System 93P is now 18P

System 94P
Position 13.5S 177.3W
Location 393 miles W of Pago Pago, American Samoa
Minimum central pressure 1000 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now MEDIUM

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 1800 GMT yesterday
System 99S
Position 14.9S 115.3E
Location 436 miles WNW of Broome, Australia
Minimum central pressure 1003 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is MEDIUM


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