WTIO20 FMEE 071825

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/01/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/2 (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: SUNDAY 07/01/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 2  (IRVING)  979 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.8 S / 83.0 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 18 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN A

25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 55 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 95 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 105 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 95

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 135 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 215 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 315 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 06 UTC:

17.4 S / 80.1 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 18 UTC:

19.7 S / 77.0 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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