23 January 2026 - bulletin 62

Issued at 1140 GMT
Final warning for 16P
First warning for 17S
Disturbance update
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone 16P
Warning 09 from JTWC at 0300 GMT
Position 25.9S 177.0E
Location 474 miles S of Suva, Fiji
Movement 095° (E) at 20 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 25 to 50 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 17 feet
Minimum central pressure 999 mbar
FINAL WARNING

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Tropical cyclone 17S
Warning 02 from JTWC at 0900 GMT
Position 14.1S 120.3E
Location 253 miles NNW of Broome, Australia
Movement 140° (SE) at 8 knots
Maximum sustained winds 40 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 100 to 150 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Western Australia
Maximum significant wave height 19 feet
Minimum central pressure 995 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

Australian warnings

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0600 GMT 
System 90P is no longer suspect for tropical cyclone formation

System 92P 
Position 13.2S 140.4E 
Location 195 miles NE of Morning Island, Australia
Minimum central pressure 1002 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now HIGH

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0300 GMT 
System 91S is now 17S

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