WTIO22 FMEE 131214

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 13/01/2015

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/5 (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: TUESDAY 13/01/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  938 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.2 S / 57.9 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 130 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 450 NM IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR AND UP TO 520 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN

QUADRANT WITHIN OUTER BANDS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/105 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 190 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/14 AT 00 UTC:

17.3 S / 58.3 E, MAX WIND = 105 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/14 AT 12 UTC:

17.8 S / 59.0 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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