This is one of the first cyclone warnings for the country so far for 2012, As per METEO services Mauritius is currently having good winds and uneven drizzles once a while. Rodrigues which is part of Mauritius has been warned with CLASS II warning
WEATHER NEWS ISSUED AT 04H45 ON FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2012.
GENERAL SITUATION :
(1) A PERTURBED AIRSTREAM IS FLOWING OVER OUR REGION.
(2) THE MODERATE TROPICAL STORM ETHEL HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NIGHT. AT 04H00 THIS MORNING, ETHEL WAS CENTERED AROUND THE POINT 18.0 DEGREES SOUTH IN LATITUDE AND 65.0 DEGREES EAST IN LONGITUDE AT ABOUT 270 KM NORTH-EAST OF RODRIGUES.
IT IS MOVING IN A GENERAL SOUTH-WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ABOUT 20 KM/HR.
ON THIS TRAJECTORY ETHEL CONTINUES TO APPROACH RODRIGUES DANGEROUSLY AND CONSTITUTES A POTENTIAL THREAT TO THE ISLAND.
FORECAST FOR NEXT 24 HOURS : CLOUDY PERIODS OVER THE WHOLE ISLAND WITH PASSING SHOWERS MAINLY TO
THE EAST, THE SOUTH AND OVER THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. THE SHOWERS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT TONIGHT.
WIND SOUTH-EASTERLY 15-25 KM/H.
SEA MODERATE BEYOND THE REEFS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO THE SEASONAL MEAN WITH A MAXIMUM OF AROUND 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND A MINIMUM OF 19 DEGREES CELSIUS OVER THE HIGH-GROUNDS. ALONG THE COASTAL REGIONS, THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL VARY BETWEEN 29 AND 32 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE MINIMUM WILL BE BETWEEN 22 AND 25 DEGREES CELSIUS.
HIGH TIDES : 11H10.
LOW TIDES : 05H35 AND 17H53.
SUNRISE : 05H46.
SUNSET : 18H55.
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AT 04H00 : 1008 HECTOPASCALS.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
THE MODERATE TROPICAL STORM FUNSO HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NIGHT AND IT IS STILL EVOLVING IN THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL
