WTIO20 FMEE 151814

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/3 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 3  (BERGUITTA)  940 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.2 S / 62.6 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY TWO    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/90 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 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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 70

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

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/16 AT 06 UTC:

18.6 S / 61.1 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/16 AT 18 UTC:

18.7 S / 59.8 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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