WTIO22 FMEE 050016

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 05/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/1 (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)



10 MINUTES AVERAGE WIND SPEED IN KNOTS (KT)

(WIND GUSTS AT SEA MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGED WIND)

MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCAL (HPA)

(INDICATIVE FIGURE).



HURRICANE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 05/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 1  (AVA)  973 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.2 S / 50.6 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN A

20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 85

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/05 AT 12 UTC:

17.9 S / 49.3 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/01/06 AT 00 UTC:

19.2 S / 48.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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