WTIO22 FMEE 201234

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 038/8 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.0 S / 53.5 E

(ELEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

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 NORTH-EASTERN

AND SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

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, UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM

IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 95 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/21 AT 00 UTC:

11.9 S / 54.6 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/21 AT 12 UTC:

12.6 S / 55.1 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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