WTIO22 FMEE 200633

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 20/04/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 037/8 (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 20/04/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.5 S / 52.6 E

(TEN    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY TWO    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

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

NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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 SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTHERN 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 45 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 55

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 95 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM

IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/20 AT 18 UTC:

11.5 S / 53.9 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/21 AT 06 UTC:

12.4 S / 54.8 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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