WTIO20 FMEE 150616 PANPAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 15/01/2015 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 022/5 (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: THURSDAY 15/01/2015 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5 (BANSI) 940 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.9 S / 60.8 E (SEVENTEEN DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 550 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN SECTOR WITHIN OUTER BANDS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/100 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 95 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 105 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 140 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 170 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 220 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2015/01/15 AT 18 UTC: 18.6 S / 62.5 E, MAX WIND = 105 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 24H, VALID 2015/01/16 AT 06 UTC: 20.0 S / 64.7 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE OTHER INFORMATIONS: NIL=