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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 025/8 (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 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 8  (EX-EUNICE)  972 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.7 S / 87.7 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY SEVEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 35 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 140 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE ,

EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 115 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 160

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/02 AT 18 UTC:

31.5 S / 93.6 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/02/03 AT 06 UTC:

40.4 S / 97.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

LAST WARNING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM ISSUED BY THE RSMC LA REUNION. NEXT

WARNINGS BY PERTH TCWC (FQAU23 HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR WESTERN METAREA

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