WTIO20 FMEE 151848

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 024/5 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  940 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.2 S / 63.0 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 11 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 350 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

WITHIN A 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 65 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 190 NM IN THE

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

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/16 AT 06 UTC:

19.6 S / 65.3 E, MAX WIND = 95 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/16 AT 18 UTC:

21.7 S / 67.0 E, MAX WIND = 95 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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