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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/02/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 017/5 (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: THURSDAY 18/02/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 5  (URIAH)  968 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.7 S / 78.6 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM FROM THE CENTER, AND UP TO

350NM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 65 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 340 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/02/19 AT 06 UTC:

24.0 S / 78.2 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/02/19 AT 18 UTC:

24.4 S / 77.8 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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