WTIO20 FMEE 170001

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 17/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 017/3 (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: WEDNESDAY 17/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 3  (BERGUITTA)  968 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.5 S / 60.2 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

150 MN IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 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 SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 130

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

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

24H, VALID 2018/01/18 AT 00 UTC:

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



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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