WTIO20 FMEE 010639

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/8 (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 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.3 S / 78.1 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 20 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

WITHIN A 35 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, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 160

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/01 AT 18 UTC:

22.0 S / 82.3 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/02/02 AT 06 UTC:

23.8 S / 87.4 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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