WTIO22 FMEE 120634

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 12/01/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/5 (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: MONDAY 12/01/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  957 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.2 S / 55.9 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 330 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND ALSO LOCALLY UP TO 600

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

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 65 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 130

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 160 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

17.2 S / 56.6 E, MAX WIND = 95 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/13 AT 06 UTC:

17.3 S / 57.3 E, MAX WIND = 105 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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