22 January 2026 - bulletin 59

Issued at 1115 GMT
Latest warning for 16P
Disturbance update
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone 16P
Warning 06 from JTWC at 0900 GMT
Position 24.5S 169.4E
Location 232 miles SE of Noumea, New Caledonia
Movement 115° (ESE) at 25 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 0 to 60 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 15 feet
Minimum central pressure 999 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

New Caledonia warnings (in French)

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0900 GMT 
System 90P 
Position 16.9S 151.7E 
Location 106 miles ESE of Willis Island
Minimum central pressure 1000 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now MEDIUM

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 1800 GMT 
System 91S 
Position 11.4S 118.9E 
Location 444 miles NW of Broome, Australia 
Minimum central pressure 1001 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now HIGH

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0600 GMT 
System 92W is no longer suspect for tropical cyclone formation

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