WTIO20 FMEE 030622

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 03/02/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 029/5 (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: SATURDAY 03/02/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (CEBILE)  958 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.1 S / 77.0 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

WITHIN A 45 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 55 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 85 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 210 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/02/03 AT 18 UTC:

19.0 S / 78.4 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/02/04 AT 06 UTC:

20.3 S / 79.6 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

WINDS RADII HAS BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO ASCAT-B DATA AT 0351Z.

00Z POSITION HAS BEEN RELOCATED AT 17.9S AND 76.3E.=