WTIO20 FMEE 170033

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 17/03/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/6 (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 17/03/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 6  (EMERAUDE)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.5 S / 84.2 E

(TEN    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/75 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 10 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 15 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 25 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 35

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 45 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/03/17 AT 12 UTC:

10.7 S / 84.4 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/03/18 AT 00 UTC:

10.9 S / 84.9 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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