WTIO22 FMEE 100609

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 10/01/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 016/2 (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: WEDNESDAY 10/01/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2  (EX-IRVING)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.6 S / 68.3 E

(TWENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY EIGHT    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 20 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN AND 200 NM TO SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

50 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 90

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE

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

AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/10 AT 18 UTC:

33.3 S / 69.0 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT,

24H, VALID 2018/01/11 AT 06 UTC:

41.0 S / 75.8 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT,



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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