WTIO20 FMEE 301841

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/8 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  905 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.6 S / 69.0 E

(NINETEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY NINE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 330 NM IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/125 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 45 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 80 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 110 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-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 220 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/31 AT 06 UTC:

20.5 S / 70.9 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/31 AT 18 UTC:

20.6 S / 73.4 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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