WTIO22 FMEE 121810

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/5 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  932 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.7 S / 56.9 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT:   QUASI-STATIONARY



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO

250 NM IN THEEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE WITHIN PERIPHERAL BANDS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/110 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

AND SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 105 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 150

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 165 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 195 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/13 AT 06 UTC:

17.8 S / 57.3 E, MAX WIND = 115 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/13 AT 18 UTC:

17.8 S / 57.7 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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