WTIO22 FMEE 151815

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 15/03/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/7 (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: THURSDAY 15/03/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 7  (ELIAKIM)  983 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 16.0 S / 51.8 E

(SIXTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY ONE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 12 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM FROM THE CENTER.

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

70 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

AND SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 180

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN AND SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANTS.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/16 AT 06 UTC:

16.1 S / 50.2 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/03/16 AT 18 UTC:

16.3 S / 49.0 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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