8 March 2025 - bulletin 161

Issued at 0830 GMT
Final warning for 18P
First warning for 24S
Disturbance update


SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone Alfred / 18P
Warning 30 from JTWC at 0300 GMT
Position 27.0S 153.3E
Location 39 miles NNE of Brisbane, Australia
Movement 360° (N) at 3 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 120 to 170 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Queensland, New South Wales
Maximum significant wave height 23 feet
Minimum central pressure 1000 mbar
FINAL WARNING

Australian warnings


SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN

Tropical cyclone 24S
Warning 01 from JTWC at 0900 GMT
Position 11.9S 84.7E
Location 777 miles ESE of Diego Garcia
Movement 210° (SSW) at 9 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 0 to 225 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Queensland, New South Wales
Maximum significant wave height 20 feet
Minimum central pressure 998 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 2100 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0900 GMT
System 98S is now 24S

System 99S
Position 13.9S 49.3E
Location 369 miles ESE of Comoros, Africa
Minimum central pressure 1001 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now HIGH

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