WTIO22 FMEE 120026

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 12/01/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/5 (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 12/01/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  962 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.4 S / 55.2 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 330 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND ALSO LOCALLY UP TO 600

NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN SECTOR WITHIN PERIPHERAL BANDS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/80 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE

NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 45 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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 NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

17.9 S / 55.7 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/13 AT 00 UTC:

18.0 S / 56.5 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

BANSI KEEPS ON INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY.=