WTIO20 FMEE 180635

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/01/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 034/5 (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: SUNDAY 18/01/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 5  (BANSI)  958 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.0 S / 75.8 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY FIVE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 20 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 330 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 600 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 180 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 360 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 220

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 620 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 750 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/18 AT 18 UTC:

26.8 S / 82.2 E, MAX WIND = 0 , SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/01/19 AT 06 UTC:

30.0 S / 87.5 E, MAX WIND = 0 , POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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