WTIO20 FMEE 091205

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 09/01/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/2 (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: TUESDAY 09/01/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 2  (IRVING)  977 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.3 S / 71.8 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY ONE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 19 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER, EXTENDED TO

100 MN TO SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

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

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 220 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 310 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/10 AT 00 UTC:

25.4 S / 69.4 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/01/10 AT 12 UTC:

29.5 S / 68.4 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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