Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for EIGHTEEN-26 Off-shore from 28 Jan 2026 06:00 UTC to 29 Jan 2026 18:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for EIGHTEEN-26

Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone EIGHTEEN-26 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001253
Name	EIGHTEEN-26
From - To	28 Jan - 29 Jan
Exposed countries	Off-shore
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	102 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	--

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	102 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	90 km/h	0.7 m	233 mm	0.5
GFS	115 km/h	0.9 m	596 mm	0.5
ECMWF	101 km/h	0.9 m	618 mm	0.5

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