WTIO20 FMEE 301805

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 30/01/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/5 (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: TUESDAY 30/01/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (CEBILE)  958 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.9 S / 78.8 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

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

WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

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

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/31 AT 06 UTC:

15.9 S / 78.0 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/01/31 AT 18 UTC:

16.0 S / 77.2 E, MAX WIND = 95 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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