WTIO20 FMEE 130032

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 13/04/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/8 (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: WEDNESDAY 13/04/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  977 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.0 S / 67.8 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 25 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 60 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 85 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/13 AT 12 UTC:

13.1 S / 66.2 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/14 AT 00 UTC:

13.0 S / 64.6 E, MAX WIND = 95 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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