WTIO24 FMEE 161814 PANPAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/01/2025 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 040/5 (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: THURSDAY 16/01/2025 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5 (DIKELEDI) 968 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 31.9 S / 48.8 E (THIRTY ONE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY EIGHT DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 22 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/75 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 35 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 40 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 45 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 170 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2025/01/17 AT 06 UTC: 34.1 S / 54.9 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 28 KT NE: 180 NM SE: 90 NM SW: 140 NM NW: 140 NM 34 KT NE: 110 NM SE: 50 NM SW: 70 NM NW: 80 NM 48 KT NE: 60 NM SE: 30 NM SW: 40 NM NW: 40 NM 24H, VALID 2025/01/17 AT 18 UTC: 35.0 S / 61.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 28 KT NE: 180 NM SE: 85 NM SW: 135 NM NW: 145 NM 34 KT NE: 95 NM SE: 0 NM SW: 70 NM NW: 85 NM OTHER INFORMATION: NIL=