WTIO22 FMEE 061805

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/03/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 019/6 (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: TUESDAY 06/03/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 6  (DUMAZILE)  962 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.5 S / 55.1 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 11 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 45 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 190 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 210 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 230 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 230

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 310 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 390 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/07 AT 06 UTC:

27.1 S / 56.4 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/03/07 AT 18 UTC:

28.8 S / 57.7 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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