WTMA20 FIMP 100130

TTT WARNING OF MODERATE TROPICAL STORM CHIDO

THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WHICH WAS EVOLVING TO THE EAST SOUTH EAST OF
AGALEGA HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A MODERATE TROPICAL STORM AND HAS BEEN
NAMED CHIDO BY THE NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES OF MAURITIUS.

AT 0000UTC, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM CHIDO 995 HPA WAS EVOLVING WITHIN
20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.2 S / 61.5 E (ELEVEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES
SOUTH AND SIXTY ONE  DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST).

 MOVEMENT: WEST 08 KT 

THREAT AREAS: 
SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER, EXTENDING
UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE
SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM
RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 35 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN
QUADRANT, UP TO 45 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM
IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50
NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN
QUADRANT, UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM
IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

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