8 February 2026 - bulletin 103

Issued at 1030 GMT
Latest warning for 20S
First warning for 21S
Disturbance update

SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Tropical cyclone Mitchell / 20S
Warning 10 from JTWC at 0900 GMT
Position 21.3S 114.6E
Location 66 miles NNE of Learmonth, Australia
Movement 230° (SW) at 11 knots
Maximum sustained winds 70 knots gusting to 85 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 70 to 80 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 30 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Western Australia
Minimum central pressure 975 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 28 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

Australian warnings

Tropical cyclone 21S
Warning 01 from JTWC at 0300 GMT
Position 18.0S 56.9E
Location 128 miles N of Port Louis, Mauritius
Movement 315° (NW) at 3 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 Madagascar
Minimum central pressure 1004 mbar
Maximum significant wave height 12 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0300 GMT 
System 90S is now 21S

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