WTIO20 FMEE 290609

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 29/01/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/5 (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: MONDAY 29/01/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (CEBILE)  944 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.3 S / 81.6 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY ONE    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/100 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 25 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 30 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 CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 90

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/29 AT 18 UTC:

15.9 S / 80.6 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/30 AT 06 UTC:

16.2 S / 79.4 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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