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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 01/05/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/9 (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 01/05/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FLAMBOYAN)  986 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.2 S / 84.0 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 140 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

350 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTER QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 85 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 140

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 230 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/05/01 AT 12 UTC:

18.5 S / 83.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/05/02 AT 00 UTC:

19.8 S / 84.0 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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