WTIO20 FMEE 291823

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 29/01/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 011/5 (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: MONDAY 29/01/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (CEBILE)  955 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.7 S / 80.7 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

200 NM WITHIN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLES.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 15 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 25 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

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

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/30 AT 06 UTC:

16.0 S / 79.7 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/30 AT 18 UTC:

16.0 S / 78.8 E, MAX WIND = 105 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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