WTMA20 FIMP 260700

TTT WARNING OF STORM FORCE WIND

PLEASE BE AWARE, WIND GUSTS CAN BE A FURTHER 40 PERCENT STRONGER THAN
THE
AVERAGES GIVEN HERE, AND MAXIMUM WAVES MAY BE UP TO TWICE THE HEIGHT.

SITUATION
AT 0600 UTC TROPICAL CYCLONE GRANT WAS CENTRED WITHIN 25 NAUTICAL
MILES OF LATITUDE ELEVEN DECIMAL EIGHT SOUTH (11.8S) LONGITUDE NINET
TWO DECIMAL EIGHT EAST (92.8E)
RECENT MOVEMENT : WEST NORTHWEST AT 8 KNOTS
MAXIMUM WINDS   : 50 KNOTS
CENTRAL PRESSURE: 990 HPA

AREA AFFECTED
WITHIN 80 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE CENTRE.

FORECAST
MAXIMUM WINDS TO 50 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE.

WINDS ABOVE 48 KNOTS WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT AND
WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT WITH VERY ROUGH SEAS AND
MODERATE SWELL.

WINDS ABOVE 34 KNOTS WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT AND
WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 80 NAUTICAL MILES
IN SW QUADRANT AND WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT WITH ROUGH
SEAS AND MODERATE SWELL.

FORECAST POSITIONS
AT 1800 UTC 26 DECEMBER: WITHIN 45 NAUTICAL MILES OF 11.9 SOUTH 91.5
EAST CENTRAL PRESSURE 991 HPA.
WINDS TO 50 KNOTS
AT 0600 UTC 27 DECEMBER: WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF 12.0 SOUTH 89.8
EAST CENTRAL PRESSURE 988 HPA.
WINDS TO 55 KNOTS.

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