WTIO20 FMEE 011804

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 023/8 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  972 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.7 S / 82.4 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY TWO    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 21 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE ,

EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE, AND UP TO 280 NM

IN THE SOUTHERN QUADRANT.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN A

40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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 SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 160 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/02 AT 06 UTC:

23.5 S / 87.7 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/02/02 AT 18 UTC:

27.9 S / 93.5 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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