WTIO22 FMEE 160018

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/03/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/7 (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: FRIDAY 16/03/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 7  (ELIAKIM)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.9 S / 50.9 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 300 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

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

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 180

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/16 AT 12 UTC:

16.2 S / 49.6 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/03/17 AT 00 UTC:

16.5 S / 48.3 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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