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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 02/02/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 024/8 (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 02/02/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 8  (EX-EUNICE)  974 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.9 S / 84.6 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 24 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE ,

EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHERN QUADRANT.

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

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 160 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/02 AT 12 UTC:

26.7 S / 90.9 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/02/03 AT 00 UTC:

33.9 S / 95.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, DISSIPATING



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