WTIO20 FMEE 141226

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 14/04/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 014/8 (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 14/04/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  962 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.4 S / 62.5 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY TWO    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

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

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

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

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 175 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/15 AT 00 UTC:

12.4 S / 61.5 E, MAX WIND = 95 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/15 AT 12 UTC:

12.4 S / 59.4 E, MAX WIND = 115 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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