WTIO22 FMEE 061807

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/03/2017

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 018/6 (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 06/03/2017 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 6  (ENAWO)  938 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.4 S / 52.4 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY TWO    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/105 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 140

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/03/07 AT 06 UTC:

15.1 S / 50.8 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2017/03/07 AT 18 UTC:

15.7 S / 49.7 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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