1 January 2026 - bulletin 1

Issued at 0240 GMT
Latest warnings for 09S and 11S
Disturbance update

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SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Tropical cyclone Grant / 09S 
Warning 30 from JTWC at 0300 GMT
Position 16.2S 69.1E
Location 581 miles SSW of Diego Garcia
Movement 255° (WSW) at 9 knots
Maximum sustained winds 70 knots gusting to 85 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 50 to 60 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 20 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Minimum central pressure 984 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 24 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

Tropical cyclone 11S 
Warning 02 from JTWC at 0300 GMT
Position 12.4S 107.8E
Location 695 miles NNW of Learmonth, Australia
Movement 135° (SE) at 13 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 0 and 70 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Minimum central pressure 1000 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 15 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 0900 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0200 GMT 
System 99P 
Position 17.8S 165.5W 
Location 366 miles SW of Pago Pago, American Samoa
Minimum central pressure 1001 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now MEDIUM

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