WTIO22 FMEE 210607

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 21/04/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 041/8 (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: THURSDAY 21/04/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.3 S / 55.5 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 200 NM IN TH EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 45 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 65 NM IN THE NORTH-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 55 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 75 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/21 AT 18 UTC:

12.7 S / 56.0 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/04/22 AT 06 UTC:

13.2 S / 55.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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