WTIO24 FMEE 151840

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 15/02/2017

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/5 (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 15/02/2017 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (DINEO)  974 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.3 S / 35.3 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

THIRTY FIVE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

150 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

EXTENDING UP TO 15 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 20 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 30 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 35 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-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 130 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 170 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/16 AT 06 UTC:

23.0 S / 33.5 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, INLAND

24H, VALID 2017/02/16 AT 18 UTC:

22.3 S / 31.6 E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, INLAND



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

LANDFALL OCCURED NEAR 1630 UTC ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN 60 KM NORTH

OF INHAMBANE. ESTIMATED INTENSITY AT 65-70 KT AT LANDFALL.=