WTIO20 FMEE 101239

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 024/13 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 13  (JOALANE)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.8 S / 66.4 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SIX    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CERCLE.

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

WITHIN A 35 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 75 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 135 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 145 NM IN THE WESTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 165

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 190 NM IN THE WESTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 260 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/11 AT 00 UTC:

20.1 S / 67.3 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/04/11 AT 12 UTC:

21.9 S / 67.8 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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