WTIO22 FMEE 071832

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/03/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 023/6 (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 07/03/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6  (EX-DUMAZILE)  965 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 28.4 S / 56.9 E

(TWENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 650 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 105 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 210 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 470 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 260

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 280 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 400 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 600 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/08 AT 06 UTC:

29.7 S / 58.5 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/03/08 AT 18 UTC:

32.6 S / 61.0 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

THE CURRENT INTENSITY AND WINDS RADII HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDING

VERY RECENT SURFACE WINDS ESTIMATES FROM SATELLITE.=