14 December 2025 - bulletin 859

Issued at 2100 GMT
Latest warnings for 07S and 08P
Disturbance update

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Tropical cyclone Bakung / 07S 
Warning 07 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 10.9S 90.9E
Location 361 miles WNW of the Cocos Islands
Movement 180° (S) at 3 knots
Maximum sustained winds 70 knots gusting to 85 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 40 to 45 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 15 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE 
Minimum central pressure 981 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 22 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 0900 GMT

SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone 08P
Warning 02 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 13.4S 169.4E
Location 266 miles NNE of Port Vila, Vanuatu
Movement 135° (SE) at 7 knots
Maximum sustained winds 40 knots gusting to 50 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 40 to 70 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Vanuatu, Fiji 
Minimum central pressure 997 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 14 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 0300 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN

Update from JTWC at 1800 GMT 
System 93S 
Position 12.3S 113.0E 
Location 443 miles ESE of Christmas Island
Minimum central pressure 1004 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is LOW

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