WTIO20 FMEE 070603

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/02/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 045/5 (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: WEDNESDAY 07/02/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5  (EX-CEBILE)  985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.8 S / 81.4 E

(TWENTY SIX    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY ONE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 3 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

35 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/02/07 AT 18 UTC:

26.6 S / 80.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/02/08 AT 06 UTC:

26.3 S / 78.5 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, FILLING UP



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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