WTIO20 FMEE 310041

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 31/01/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 016/8 (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: SATURDAY 31/01/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  925 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.1 S / 69.9 E

(TWENTY    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY NINE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 220 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/115 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 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 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 12 UTC:

20.8 S / 72.4 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/02/01 AT 00 UTC:

20.9 S / 75.7 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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