WTIO22 FMEE 160634

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/04/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/8 (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: SATURDAY 16/04/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  940 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.2 S / 56.4 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 280 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/105 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 170 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/16 AT 18 UTC:

11.8 S / 54.7 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/17 AT 06 UTC:

11.1 S / 52.8 E, MAX WIND = 105 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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