WTIO20 FMEE 080611

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/04/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/13 (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: WEDNESDAY 08/04/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 13  (JOALANE)  972 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.6 S / 64.0 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY FOUR    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE

EASTERN SEMI-CERCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 45 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 95 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/08 AT 18 UTC:

15.6 S / 64.6 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/04/09 AT 06 UTC:

16.9 S / 65.1 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

JOALANE HAS TEMPORARILY WEAKEN BUT IS EXPECTED TO RE-INTENSIFY.=