WTIO20 FMEE 231218

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 23/01/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/3 (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: SATURDAY 23/01/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 3  (CORENTIN)  975 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.9 S / 72.5 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY TWO    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 12 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 170 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

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

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

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 125 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 190

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 290 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 320 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/01/24 AT 00 UTC:

25.9 S / 73.4 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

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

27.6 S / 75.6 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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