1 January 2026 - bulletin 3

Issued at 1500 GMT
Latest warnings for 09S and 11S
Disturbance update

Happy New Year

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Tropical cyclone Grant / 09S 
Warning 31 from JTWC at 1500 GMT
Position 16.0S 68.2E
Location 591 miles SSW of Diego Garcia
Movement 270° (W) at 5 knots
Maximum sustained winds 50 knots gusting to 65 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 65 to 75 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Madagascar
Minimum central pressure 993 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 21 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 0300 GMT

Tropical cyclone Iggy / 11S 
Warning 04 from JTWC at 1500 GMT
Position 13.8S 108.4E
Location 605 miles NNW of Learmonth, Australia
Movement 150° (SE) at 8 knots
Maximum sustained winds 45 knots gusting to 55 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 40 and 50 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Minimum central pressure 998 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 18 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 2100 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 1300 GMT 
System 99P 
Position 19.8S 166.7W
Location 402 miles SE of Pago Pago, American Samoa
Minimum central pressure 1003 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now LOW

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