WTIO20 FMEE 010614

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 01/05/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 011/9 (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 01/05/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 9  (EX-FLAMBOYAN)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.4 S / 83.9 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY THREE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE

AND UP TO 450 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 140

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/05/01 AT 18 UTC:

19.3 S / 84.0 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/05/02 AT 06 UTC:

21.3 S / 84.9 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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