WTIO22 FMEE 160626

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/03/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/7 (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: FRIDAY 16/03/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 7  (ELIAKIM)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.6 S / 50.4 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 45 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 155 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM

IN THE NORTH-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 200 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 205 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 280 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/16 AT 18 UTC:

16.0 S / 49.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/03/17 AT 06 UTC:

16.8 S / 47.7 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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