WTIO22 FMEE 220622

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 22/04/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 045/8 (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: FRIDAY 22/04/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.1 S / 57.1 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT:   QUASI-STATIONARY



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/75 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 10 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

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

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/22 AT 18 UTC:

13.0 S / 57.2 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/04/23 AT 06 UTC:

12.8 S / 56.2 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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