WTIO22 FMEE 111837

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 11/01/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/5 (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 11/01/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  979 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.3 S / 55.1 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 280 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND ALSO LOCALLY UP TO 550

NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN SECTOR WITHIN PERIPHERAL BANDS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN A

15 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

17.9 S / 55.6 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/12 AT 18 UTC:

17.9 S / 56.4 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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