Subject: Indian-N: Hurricane Warning For Metarea Viii (s)

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:19:00 -0600

WTIO20 FMEE 290000
PAN PAN
HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 29/01/2004 AT 0000
UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 007/07 (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 HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE).

HURRICANE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY  29/01/2004 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL CYCLONE 7 (FRANK) 970 HPA
POSITION:          WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.3S / 63.8E
(FIFTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY THREE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES
EAST) AT 0000 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH-WEST 6 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
LOCALLY UP TO 350 NM IN THE EASTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65KT AND VERY HIGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTRE. STORM FORCE
WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 25NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE.
GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE
CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN
90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN
SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/01/29 AT 12 UTC:
16.1S / 63.2E, MAX WIND = 65 KT.
24H, VALID 2004/01/30 AT 00 UTC:
16.7S / 62.7E, MAX WIND = 70 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
A SMALL EYE IS BUILDING.

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