WTIO22 FMEE 131834

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 016/5 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  953 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.4 S / 58.2 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY EIGHT    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 3 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 65/90 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 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 120 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 125 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 170

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 220 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/14 AT 06 UTC:

17.8 S / 58.8 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/14 AT 18 UTC:

18.4 S / 59.6 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

WINDS RADII ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN THE NEXT 24

HOURS.=