WTIO22 FMEE 240002

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 24/04/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 004/8 (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: TUESDAY 24/04/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FAKIR)  985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.4 S / 55.1 E

(NINETEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 22 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

160 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 12 UTC:

22.0 S / 56.4 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/04/25 AT 00 UTC:

24.4 S / 57.6 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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