29 January 2026 - bulletin 78

Issued at 2130 GMT
Final warning for 18P
First warning for 19S
Disturbance update
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical cyclone 18P 
Warning 07 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 26.9S 171.9E
Location 262 miles NE of Kingston Island
Movement 200° (SSW) at 14 knots
Maximum sustained winds 40 knots gusting to 50 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 100 to 120 miles to the south of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 18 feet
Minimum central pressure 997 mbar
FINAL WARNING

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Tropical cyclone 19S 
Warning 01 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 15.6S 42.5E
Location 120 miles ESE of  Nacala, Mozambique
Movement 090° (E) at 2 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 45 to 60 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 15 feet
Minimum central pressure 1001 mbar
Next warning from JTWC at 0300 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 2100 GMT 
System 97S is now 19S

SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 2100 GMT 
System 98P 
Position 15.5S 137.8E 
Location 107 miles NW of Mornington Island, Australia
Minimum central pressure 1003 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now MEDIUM

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