WTIO20 FMEE 130613

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 13/04/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/8 (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 13/04/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.9 S / 66.7 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SIX    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP

TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

WITHIN A 10 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 25 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 40

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/13 AT 18 UTC:

12.8 S / 65.2 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/14 AT 06 UTC:

12.7 S / 63.6 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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