28 January 2026 - bulletin 73

Issued at 1100 GMT
First warning for 18P
Disturbance update
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone 18P 
Warning 01 from JTWC at 0900 GMT
Position 16.9S 172.2E
Location 229 miles ENE of Port Vila, Vanuatu
Movement 145° (SE) at 13 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 5 to 80 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 17 feet
Minimum central pressure 998 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0900 GMT
System 90P is now 18P

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