WTIO20 FMEE 150010

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 15/01/2015

AT

0000 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 15/01/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  963 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.7 S / 60.2 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 380 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND UP TO 800 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN SECTOR WITHIN OUTER BANDS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/75 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 45 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 65 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 140 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 170

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 220 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/15 AT 12 UTC:

18.3 S / 61.7 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/16 AT 00 UTC:

19.1 S / 63.6 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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