WTIO20 FMEE 081849

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/01/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/2 (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: MONDAY 08/01/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 2  (IRVING)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.2 S / 76.8 E

(NINETEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY SIX    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 18 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

EXTENDING UP TO 35 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM

IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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, UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 75 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 65 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 85 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 195 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 210 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 115 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 270 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 310 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/09 AT 06 UTC:

21.0 S / 73.9 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/09 AT 18 UTC:

23.6 S / 70.5 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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