WTIO22 FMEE 040619

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 04/01/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 018/1 (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).



STORM WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 04/01/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 1  (AVA)  987 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.7 S / 51.8 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY ONE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

150 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A  NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/04 AT 18 UTC:

18.2 S / 50.8 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/01/05 AT 06 UTC:

18.6 S / 49.7 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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