WTIO22 FMEE 241811

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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

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/8 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FAKIR)  987 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.9 S / 59.1 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY NINE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 16 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE, EXTENDING

UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP TO

30 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN 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 120 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/25 AT 06 UTC:

25.5 S / 60.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/04/25 AT 18 UTC:

26.7 S / 61.1 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, FILLING UP



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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