WTIO22 FMEE 050010

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 05/03/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/6 (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 05/03/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 6  (DUMAZILE)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.1 S / 50.7 E

(TWENTY    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 400 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

WITHIN A 35 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 45 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

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

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/05 AT 12 UTC:

22.2 S / 50.9 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/03/06 AT 00 UTC:

23.8 S / 51.6 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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