WTIO24 FMEE 051820

SECURITE

STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 05/01/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 024/1 (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: FRIDAY 05/01/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: OVERLAND DEPRESSION 1  (AVA)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.4 S / 49.0 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY NINE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

360NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR AND UP TO 860 NM IN TH BORTH-WESTERN

SECTOR

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP TO

40 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS  EXTENDING

UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/06 AT 06 UTC:

19.4 S / 48.3 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/01/06 AT 18 UTC:

21.4 S / 48.3 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION



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