WTIO20 FMEE 181824

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 036/5 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM 5  (EX-BANSI)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.1 S / 82.1 E

(TWENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY TWO    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 25 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 130 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE EASTERN

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

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 200

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/19 AT 06 UTC:

31.6 S / 89.0 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM

24H, VALID 2015/01/19 AT 18 UTC:

36.5 S / 94.2 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

LAST WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM.=