WTIO20 FMEE 300608

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/8 (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 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  900 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.4 S / 68.0 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY EIGHT    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 160 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 230 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI CIRCLE.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/130 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE

NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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 NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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 SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/30 AT 18 UTC:

19.5 S / 69.0 E, MAX WIND = 130 KT, VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/31 AT 06 UTC:

20.4 S / 70.7 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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