WTIO20 FMEE 180640

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/11/2014

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/1 (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 18/11/2014 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 1  (ADJALI)  991 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 35 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.9 S / 70.0 E

(TEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT.

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

20 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 35 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 45

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2014/11/18 AT 18 UTC:

12.0 S / 70.4 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2014/11/19 AT 06 UTC:

12.8 S / 70.4 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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