28 February 2025 - bulletin 139

Issued at 2135 GMT
Latest warnings for 22S and 23S
Disturbance update

SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone Alfred / 18P
Warning 14 from JTWC at 1500 GMT
Position 20.4S 155.7E
Location 457 miles NNE of Brisbane, Australia
Movement 190° (S) at 7 knots
Maximum sustained winds 105 knots gusting to 130 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 105 to 180 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 30 to 55 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Queensland
Maximum significant wave height 40 feet
Minimum central pressure 952 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 0300 GMT

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Tropical cyclone Garance / 22S
Warning 08 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 24.1S 54.9E
Location 217 miles S of St Denis, La Reunion
Movement 18° (S) at 16 knots
Maximum sustained winds 65 knots gusting to 110 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 50 to 80 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 15 to 35 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses La Reunion
Maximum significant wave height 32 feet
Minimum central pressure 981 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 0900 GMT

La Reunion warnings (in French)

Tropical cyclone Honde / 23S
Warning 07 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 26.7S 45.0E
Location 210 miles SSE of Toliara, Madagascar
Movement 130° (SE) at 5 knots
Maximum sustained winds 70 knots gusting to 85 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 105 to 190 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 30 to 35 miles to the south of the centre
Threatened landmasses Madagascar
Maximum significant wave height 35 feet
Minimum central pressure 967 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 0900 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0600 GMT
System 21P
Position 23.0S 172.5E
Location 359 miles E of Noumea, New Caledonia
Minimum central pressure 996 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is LOW

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