WTIO22 FMEE 231803

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 23/04/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 003/8 (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: MONDAY 23/04/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FAKIR)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.3 S / 53.8 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 16 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

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

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/24 AT 06 UTC:

20.1 S / 55.5 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/04/24 AT 18 UTC:

22.6 S / 56.5 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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