WTIO20 FMEE 290014

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 28/01/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/8 (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: WEDNESDAY 28/01/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  968 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.9 S / 65.5 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY FIVE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND BETWEEN 130 AND

450 NM IN A PERIPHERAL BAND IN THE EAST.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/75 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 110

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 135 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 240 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/29 AT 06 UTC:

15.9 S / 66.4 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/29 AT 18 UTC:

17.2 S / 67.1 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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