WTIO20 FMEE 080627

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/2 (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 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 2  (IRVING)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.7 S / 79.8 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY NINE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 16 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 300 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER.

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

WITHIN A 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 65 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

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

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 260 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 18 UTC:

19.7 S / 77.0 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/09 AT 06 UTC:

21.7 S / 74.1 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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