WTIO20 FMEE 140005

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 14/04/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/8 (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: THURSDAY 14/04/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  972 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.6 S / 64.3 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY FOUR    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP

TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

WITHIN A 40 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.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

12.7 S / 62.6 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/15 AT 00 UTC:

12.7 S / 60.7 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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