WTIO20 FMEE 080024

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/2 (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: MONDAY 08/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 2  (IRVING)  964 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 16.8 S / 81.4 E

(SIXTEEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY ONE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/80 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 35 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 45 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 65 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 55 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 95 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 105 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 95

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 135 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 215 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 315 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 12 UTC:

18.7 S / 78.6 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/09 AT 00 UTC:

20.8 S / 75.6 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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