WTIO20 FMEE 271809 PANPAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 27/12/2022 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 026/4 (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: TUESDAY 27/12/2022 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 4 (DARIAN) 974 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.8 S / 80.6 E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 12 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS EXTENDING UP TO 35 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 130 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 290 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 320 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2022/12/28 AT 06 UTC: 20.5 S / 77.8 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 28 KT NE: 150 NM SE: 310 NM SW: 230 NM NW: 115 NM 34 KT NE: 85 NM SE: 175 NM SW: 155 NM NW: 70 NM 48 KT NE: 35 NM SE: 60 NM SW: 60 NM NW: 35 NM 24H, VALID 2022/12/28 AT 18 UTC: 22.1 S / 75.0 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 28 KT NE: 145 NM SE: 305 NM SW: 220 NM NW: 105 NM 34 KT NE: 80 NM SE: 175 NM SW: 140 NM NW: 60 NM 48 KT NE: 30 NM SE: 55 NM SW: 65 NM NW: 25 NM OTHER INFORMATION: NIL=