WTIO20 FMEE 300008

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 30/04/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/9 (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: MONDAY 30/04/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FLAMBOYAN)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.1 S / 85.0 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FIVE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN QUADRANT.

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

20 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 30

NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 40 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/30 AT 12 UTC:

15.6 S / 84.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/05/01 AT 00 UTC:

16.9 S / 83.6 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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