WTIO22 FMEE 051213

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 05/03/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 014/6 (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).



HURRICANE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: MONDAY 05/03/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 6  (DUMAZILE)  958 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.1 S / 51.7 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY ONE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 400 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 35 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 45 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE

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

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/06 AT 00 UTC:

23.8 S / 52.3 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/03/06 AT 12 UTC:

25.2 S / 53.5 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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