WTMA20 FIMP 261900

TTT WARNING OF STORM FORCE WIND

SITUATION:
AT 1800 UTC, TROPICAL CYCLONE GRANT WAS CENTRED WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL
MILES OF LATITUDE ELEVEN DECIMAL EIGHT SOUTH (11.8S) AND LONGITUDE
NINETY DECIMAL EIGHT EAST (90.8E)
RECENT MOVEMENT : WEST AT 9 KNOTS 
MAXIMUM WINDS  55 KNOTS
CENTRAL PRESSURE: 989 HPA

AREA AFFECTED:
WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES
IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT AND WITHIN
40 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT.

FORECAST:
MAXIMUM WINDS TO 55 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE INCREASING TO 60 KNOTS BY
1200 UTC 27 DECEMBER.
WINDS ABOVE 48 KNOTS WITHIN 15 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT AND
WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES
IN SW QUADRANT AND WITHIN 15 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT WITH VERY
ROUGH SEAS AND MODERATE SWELL.
WINDS ABOVE 34 KNOTS WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT AND
WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES
IN SW QUADRANT AND WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT WITH ROUGH
SEAS AND MODERATE SWELL.

FORECAST POSITIONS:
AT 0600 UTC 27 DECEMBER: WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES OF 12.0 SOUTH 89.1
EAST
CENTRAL PRESSURE 988 HPA.
WINDS TO 55 KNOTS
AT 1800 UTC 27 DECEMBER: WITHIN 55 NAUTICAL MILES OF 12.2 SOUTH 87.4
EAST
CENTRAL PRESSURE 985 HPA.
WINDS TO 60 KNOTS


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