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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 30/01/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/8 (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: FRIDAY 30/01/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



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

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.7 S / 67.6 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI CIRCLE.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/120 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 75 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 85 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 115 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 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 180

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 190 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 210 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 230 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

18.9 S / 68.4 E, MAX WIND = 120 KT, VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/31 AT 00 UTC:

19.9 S / 69.8 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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