WTIO20 FMEE 180619

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/02/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/5 (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 18/02/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (URIAH)  945 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.3 S / 78.7 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 12 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM FROM THE CENTER, AND UP TO

350NM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 45 NM IN THE SOUTH-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 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 95 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-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 260 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 380 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/02/18 AT 18 UTC:

22.5 S / 78.2 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/02/19 AT 06 UTC:

23.4 S / 78.1 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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