WTIO20 FMEE 070618

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/01/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 004/2 (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: SUNDAY 07/01/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 2  (IRVING)  985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.9 S / 85.7 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FIVE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 14 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP TO

50 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/07 AT 18 UTC:

15.5 S / 82.6 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 06 UTC:

17.6 S / 79.7 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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