WTIO20 FMEE 060627

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/04/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 005/14 (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 06/04/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 14  (IKOLA)  985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.0 S / 89.3 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY NINE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 170 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER AND EXTENDING

UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CERCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/55 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS

FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE

AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/06 AT 18 UTC:

15.0 S / 90.4 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/04/07 AT 06 UTC:

16.4 S / 91.8 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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