WTIO20 FMEE 291808

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 29/04/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 005/9 (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: SUNDAY 29/04/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FLAMBOYAN)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.5 S / 85.6 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FIVE    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 25 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 35 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 90

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/30 AT 06 UTC:

14.7 S / 84.7 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2018/04/30 AT 18 UTC:

15.7 S / 84.0 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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