WTIO20 FMEE 171215

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/6 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 6  (EMERAUDE)  940 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.7 S / 84.0 E

(TEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT:   QUASI-STATIONARY



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CERCLE, AND LOCALLY UP TO 200 NM IN

THE EASTERN SECTOR.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/105 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 25 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 25 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 45

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/03/18 AT 00 UTC:

10.9 S / 84.6 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/03/18 AT 12 UTC:

11.1 S / 85.7 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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