WTIO22 FMEE 230615

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 23/04/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 049/8 (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: SATURDAY 23/04/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  992 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.4 S / 57.0 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: NORTH-WEST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

140 MN WITHIN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.



STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 10 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 35 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 45 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 55 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/23 AT 18 UTC:

12.0 S / 55.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

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

11.4 S / 53.4 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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