WTIO20 FMEE 290645

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 29/01/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/8 (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: THURSDAY 29/01/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  958 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.3 S / 66.5 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SIX    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 290 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND BETWEEN 300 AND

400 NM IN A PERIPHERAL BAND IN THE EAST.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 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 55 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 130 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 200

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/29 AT 18 UTC:

16.5 S / 66.9 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/30 AT 06 UTC:

17.7 S / 67.3 E, MAX WIND = 95 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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