24 June 2026 - bulletin 402

Issued at 2300 GMT
Latest warnings for 07W and 08W
Disturbance update

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical storm Mekkhala / 07W 
Philippines name Francisco
Warning 25 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 22.6N 125.0E
Location 279 miles SSW of Kadena AB, Okinawa
Movement 035° (NE) at 5 knots
Maximum sustained winds 55 knots gusting to 70 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 80 to 140 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Japan
Maximum significant wave height 28 feet
Minimum central pressure 983 mbar 
Next warning from JTWC at 0300 GMT

Tropical storm Higos / 08W
Warning 10 from JTWC at 2100 GMT
Position 17.0N 138.5E
Location 824 miles SE of Kadena AB, Okinawa
Movement 300° (WNW) at 13 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 60 to 100 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 17 feet
Minimum central pressure 1003 mbar 
Next warning from JTWC at 0300 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from NHC at 1800 GMT 
System 94E 
Position 18.2N 117.5W
Minimum central pressure 1007 mbar 
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours is MEDIUM (40%)
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 7 days is MEDIUM (40%)

System No Invest Assigned 
Position 15N 122W 
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours is NIL 
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 7 days is MEDIUM (60%)

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