WTIO20 FMEE 291220

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/5 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (CEBILE)  946 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.7 S / 81.2 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY ONE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

220 NM WITHIN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN QUADRANT.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/95 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 2018/01/30 AT 00 UTC:

16.0 S / 80.3 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/30 AT 12 UTC:

16.2 S / 79.2 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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