WTIO20 FMEE 180029

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/11/2014

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/1 (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 18/11/2014 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 1  (ADJALI)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.3 S / 69.3 E

(TEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY NINE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT.

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

TO 20 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 45

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2014/11/18 AT 12 UTC:

11.4 S / 70.0 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2014/11/19 AT 00 UTC:

12.4 S / 70.5 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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