WTIO20 FMEE 091803

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 09/04/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/13 (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: THURSDAY 09/04/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 13  (JOALANE)  972 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.6 S / 66.0 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SIX    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 160 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN SEMI-CERCLE AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE WESTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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 SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 160

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/10 AT 06 UTC:

18.3 S / 66.5 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/04/10 AT 18 UTC:

20.3 S / 68.1 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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