WTIO20 FMEE 171836

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 17/01/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 032/5 (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: SATURDAY 17/01/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  956 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.5 S / 71.5 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY ONE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

LOCALLY TO 160 NM IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR AND UP TO 550 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE

NORTH-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 70 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 95 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 140 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 260 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 220

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 390 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 520 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/18 AT 06 UTC:

25.4 S / 75.2 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

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

26.5 S / 80.7 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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