WTIO20 FMEE 151223

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 023/5 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  940 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.9 S / 61.5 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY ONE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 160 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 500 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN SECTOR WITHIN OUTER BANDS.

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

WITHIN A 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 190

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 250 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/16 AT 00 UTC:

18.8 S / 63.6 E, MAX WIND = 105 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/16 AT 12 UTC:

20.4 S / 65.5 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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