WTIO20 FMEE 141815

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/8 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.4 S / 61.7 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY ONE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

400 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

WITHIN A 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 45 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 65 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 175 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.







FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/15 AT 06 UTC:

12.3 S / 59.8 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/15 AT 18 UTC:

12.4 S / 58.1 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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