WTIO20 FMEE 010605

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 01/02/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/5 (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 01/02/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (CEBILE)  952 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.6 S / 76.2 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY SIX    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/100 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 30 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 60 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/02/01 AT 18 UTC:

16.2 S / 75.6 E, MAX WIND = 105 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/02/02 AT 06 UTC:

16.8 S / 75.4 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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