WTIO20 FMEE 300633

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 30/04/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/9 (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: MONDAY 30/04/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FLAMBOYAN)  987 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.8 S / 84.7 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

MORE THAN 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN QUADRANT.

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

TO 20 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 30 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 65 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 95 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 105 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 65

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 105 NM IN THE

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

AND UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/30 AT 18 UTC:

16.0 S / 84.1 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/05/01 AT 06 UTC:

17.2 S / 83.6 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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