WTIO22 FMEE 201206

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 20/03/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 026/7 (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: TUESDAY 20/03/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 7  (EX-ELIAKIM)  984 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 28.7 S / 53.7 E

(TWENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 450 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS LOCALLY IN THE

EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 110 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 175 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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

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

SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 320 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/21 AT 00 UTC:

31.8 S / 54.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/03/21 AT 12 UTC:

33.9 S / 55.8 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

LAST WARNING ISSUED BY THE RSMC ON THE SYSTEM EX-ELIAKIM, WHICH WILL

BE MONITORED BY FMEE FQIO20 BULLETINS.=