WTIO20 FMEE 020628

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 025/5 (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: FRIDAY 02/02/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (CEBILE)  954 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.0 S / 75.5 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY FIVE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 200 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 350 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/90 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 130

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 230 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 270 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

17.9 S / 75.9 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/02/03 AT 06 UTC:

18.5 S / 76.8 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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