S Indian Ocean: Storm Alert issued at 14 Jan, 2015 18:00 GMT
Tropical Cyclone BANSI (05S) currently located near 17.4 S 59.6 E is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):
Red Alert City(s) and Town(s)
Port Mathurin (19.7 S, 63.4 E)
probability for CAT 1 or above is 50% in about 36 hours
probability for TS is 80% in about 36 hours
Note that
Red Alert (Severe) is CAT 1 or above to between 31% and 100% probability.
CAT 1 means Tropical Cyclone strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained.
TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.
For graphical forecast information and further details please visit http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/
- Eumetsat, Cyclocane and TropicalStormRisk
