WTIO20 FMEE 151208

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 15/01/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 011/3 (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 15/01/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON:  3  (BERGUITTA)  940 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.9 S / 63.0 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT:   UNDETERMINED



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

230 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/16 AT 00 UTC:

18.2 S / 62.0 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT,

24H, VALID 2018/01/16 AT 12 UTC:

18.4 S / 60.8 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT,



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

NIL.=