WTIO22 FMEE 241215

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 24/04/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/8 (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 24/04/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FAKIR)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.0 S / 57.2 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 20 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

160 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

TO 20 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 30 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-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 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/25 AT 00 UTC:

24.7 S / 58.6 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/04/25 AT 12 UTC:

25.8 S / 59.7 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, LOW



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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