WTIO20 FMEE 100622

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 10/04/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 023/13 (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: FRIDAY 10/04/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 13  (JOALANE)  972 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.4 S / 65.8 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY FIVE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 290 NM IN THE SOUTHERN 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 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 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 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 18 UTC:

19.6 S / 66.6 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/04/11 AT 06 UTC:

21.2 S / 67.4 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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