WTIO20 FMEE 161848

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/01/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 028/5 (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: FRIDAY 16/01/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  935 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.5 S / 67.1 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 11 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 140 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 500 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

WITHIN A 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE

NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 200 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 270 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 300

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 345 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 390 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 420 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/17 AT 06 UTC:

23.7 S / 69.0 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/17 AT 18 UTC:

24.5 S / 71.8 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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