WTIO20 FMEE 180032

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/01/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 033/5 (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: SUNDAY 18/01/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  956 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.8 S / 73.5 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY THREE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 19 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 550 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

EXTENDING UP TO 70 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 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN AND SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANTS.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 280 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 200

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 330 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 630 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

25.9 S / 78.7 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/19 AT 00 UTC:

29.3 S / 86.4 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

NIL.=