WTIO22 FMEE 181240

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/01/2015

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 035/5 (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 18/01/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5  (EX-BANSI)  960 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.8 S / 78.3 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 25 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO

400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY 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.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 180 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 430 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 250

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 620 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 710 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/19 AT 00 UTC:

29.1 S / 85.6 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/01/19 AT 12 UTC:

33.0 S / 90.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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