WTIO20 FMEE 311207

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 018/8 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  947 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.6 S / 72.5 E

(TWENTY    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY TWO    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 13 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/95 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

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 130 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 150

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/01 AT 00 UTC:

20.9 S / 75.6 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/02/01 AT 12 UTC:

21.2 S / 79.4 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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