WTIO20 FMEE 170012

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 17/02/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/5 (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: WEDNESDAY 17/02/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (URIAH)  977 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.9 S / 81.6 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY ONE    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM FROM THE CENTER, AND UP TO 220

NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN A

35 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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 AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 110 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 130

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

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/02/17 AT 12 UTC:

18.5 S / 80.1 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/02/18 AT 00 UTC:

19.6 S / 79.0 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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