WTIO20 FMEE 061813

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/02/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 043/5 (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: TUESDAY 06/02/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5  (EX-CEBILE)  982 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.6 S / 82.1 E

(TWENTY SIX    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY TWO    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 3 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 50 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 75 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/02/07 AT 06 UTC:

27.0 S / 81.1 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/02/07 AT 18 UTC:

26.7 S / 79.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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