WTIO20 FMEE 291823

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 011/8 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  915 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.0 S / 67.3 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 125 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/120 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 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 85 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 145 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 185

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/30 AT 06 UTC:

18.5 S / 68.0 E, MAX WIND = 120 KT, VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/30 AT 18 UTC:

19.6 S / 68.9 E, MAX WIND = 95 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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