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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 15/02/2017

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/5 (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: WEDNESDAY 15/02/2017 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 5  (DINEO)  979 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.9 S / 37.1 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

THIRTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

200NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-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 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 120 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/15 AT 18 UTC:

23.1 S / 35.6 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2017/02/16 AT 06 UTC:

23.0 S / 33.8 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, INLAND



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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