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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 019/8 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (EUNICE)  954 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.4 S / 74.1 E

(TWENTY    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY FOUR    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM

IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND ALSO LOCALLY BETWEEN 140 NM AND 220 NM

IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT WITHIN PERIPHERAL OUTER BANDS.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 45 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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 NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 130 NM

IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 135 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 190 NM

IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 190

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

NORTH-EASTERN AND SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/01 AT 06 UTC:

20.6 S / 77.9 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/02/01 AT 18 UTC:

21.2 S / 82.2 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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