WTIO20 FMEE 010015

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 01/02/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 020/8 (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 01/02/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.0 S / 76.0 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY SIX    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 18 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE ,

EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTHERN SECTOE AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND ALSO LOCALLY BETWEEN 170 NM AND 230 NM IN

THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT WITHIN PERIPHERAL OUTER BANDS.



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

WITHIN A 45 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 95 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM

IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 135 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 190 NM

IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 190

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

NORTH-EASTERN AND SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/01 AT 12 UTC:

21.5 S / 80.0 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/02/02 AT 00 UTC:

22.5 S / 84.6 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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