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

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:26:00 -0600

WTIO20 FMEE 010000
PAN PAN
HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/02/2004
AT
0000 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 019/07 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA)
(INDICATIVE FIGURE).

HURRICANE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY    01/02/2004 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL CYCLONE 7 (FRANK) 945 HPA
POSITION:           16.0S / 62.3E
(SIXTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES  SOUTH AND SIXTY TWO DECIMAL THREE
DEGREES
EAST) AT 0000 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH-EAST 3 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
LOCALLY UP TO 400 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHEASTERN SECTORS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 20 NM
RADIUS OF
 THE CENTRE.
STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM
RADIUS
 OF THE CENTRE.
GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM
RADIUS
 OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120
NM
RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE NORTHERN
SEMI-CIRCLE.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/02/01 AT 12 UTC:
16.8S / 63.1E, MAX WIND = 80 KT.
24H, VALID 2004/02/02 AT 00 UTC:
17.8S / 64.5E, MAX WIND = 80 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
FRANK CONFIRM ITS SOUTHEASTWARD TRACK. EVEN IT HAS LIGHTLY WEAKEN,
THE
TROPICAL CYCLONE HAS STILL FAVORABLE CONDITIONS=

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