WTIO20 FMEE 220613

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 22/01/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/3 (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: FRIDAY 22/01/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 3  (CORENTIN)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.7 S / 72.4 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY TWO    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT, 350 IN THE NORTHEASTERN

QUADRANT AND 550 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT.

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

TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 70 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 230 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 150

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

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 280 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 330 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/01/22 AT 18 UTC:

20.5 S / 71.5 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/01/23 AT 06 UTC:

22.7 S / 71.5 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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