WTIO20 FMEE 161824

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/01/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 016/3 (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: TUESDAY 16/01/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 3  (BERGUITTA)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.3 S / 60.7 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

250 MN IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/75 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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 NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 130 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 90 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/17 AT 06 UTC:

19.0 S / 59.4 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/17 AT 18 UTC:

20.1 S / 58.3 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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