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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/3 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 3  (CORENTIN)  979 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.8 S / 71.7 E

(NINETEEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY ONE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 12 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 230 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 500 IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND 900 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN

QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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 EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

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

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/01/23 AT 00 UTC:

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

24H, VALID 2016/01/23 AT 12 UTC:

24.0 S / 71.9 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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