WTIO20 FMEE 111209

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 11/04/2015

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 028/13 (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: SATURDAY 11/04/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 13  (JOALANE)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.0 S / 67.8 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 160 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN SECTOR.

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

WITHIN A 45 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 85 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE WESTERN 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 NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 140

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 190 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 260 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

24.4 S / 67.6 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

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

26.5 S / 67.1 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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