WTIO20 FMEE 131218

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/8 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  963 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 5 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.9 S / 66.0 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SIX    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP

TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/80 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 10 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 15 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 45 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 45

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 85 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.







FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/14 AT 00 UTC:

12.8 S / 64.3 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/14 AT 12 UTC:

12.7 S / 62.7 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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