WTIO22 FMEE 180619

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/04/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 029/8 (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: MONDAY 18/04/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  915 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 9.3 S / 49.6 E

(NINE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY NINE    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 200 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP

TO 450 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR IN AN OUTER BAND.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/130 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 35 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 40 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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 NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 85 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 120 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 190 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

9.3 S / 49.2 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/19 AT 06 UTC:

9.5 S / 49.0 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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