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

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 12:09:21 -0600

WTIO20 FMEE 291800
PAN PAN
HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 29/01/2004
AT
1800 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 010/07 (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 1800 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL CYCLONE 7 (FRANK) 967 HPA
POSITION:           16.5S / 63.1E
(SIXTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY THREE DECIMAL ONE
DEGREES
EAST) AT 1800 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH-WEST 5 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
LOCALLY UP TO 180 NM IN THE EASTHERN AND SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLES.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65KT AND VERY HIGH SEAS NEAR 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 50 NM
RADIUS
 OF THE CENTRE.
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 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 2004/01/30 AT 06 UTC:
16.8S / 62.5E, MAX WIND = 75 KT.
24H, VALID 2004/01/30 AT 18 UTC:
17.4S / 61.9E, MAX WIND = 85 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
THE SYSTEM GOES ON TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS SLOWLY.
THE  ASSOCIATED CONVECTION HAS TEMPORARY WEAKENED, BUT  ORGANISATION
HAS
IMPROVED IN THE LAST HOURS.=

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