WTIO20 FMEE 110023

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 11/04/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 026/13 (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: SATURDAY 11/04/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 13  (JOALANE)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.2 S / 67.4 E

(TWENTY    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN SECTOR.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 65 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 85 NM

IN THE SOUTH-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 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM

IN 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 150 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 190 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/11 AT 12 UTC:

22.0 S / 67.8 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/04/12 AT 00 UTC:

24.3 S / 67.9 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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