WTIO22 FMEE 240619

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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

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 005/8 (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 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FAKIR)  977 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.4 S / 56.2 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 23 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

160 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 55 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/24 AT 18 UTC:

23.8 S / 57.7 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/04/25 AT 06 UTC:

25.7 S / 58.8 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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