Subject: Indian-N: Issued By Meteo-france/tropical Cyclone Centre/la Reunion 29/01/2004 At 0600

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:04:37 -0600

WTIO20 FMEE 290600
PAN PAN
HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 29/01/2004 AT 0600
UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 8/7 (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 0600 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL CYCLONE 7 (FRANK) 967 HPA
POSITION:           15.7S / 63.6E
(FIFTEEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY THREE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES
EAST) AT 0600 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH-WEST 5 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
LOCALLY UP TO 300 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 18 UTC:
16.5S / 63.2E, MAX WIND = 70 KT.
24H, VALID 2004/01/30 AT 06 UTC:
16.8S / 62.8E, MAX WIND = 75 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
NIL.

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