WTIO22 FMEE 070651 CCA

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SECURITE

STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/03/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/6 (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).



STORM WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 07/03/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6  (EX-DUMAZILE)  966 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.8 S / 55.7 E

(TWENTY SIX    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 550 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 170 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

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

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 220

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 260 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/07 AT 18 UTC:

28.3 S / 56.9 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/03/08 AT 06 UTC:

29.9 S / 58.6 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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