WTIO20 FMEE 161222

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/02/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/5 (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: TUESDAY 16/02/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 5  (URIAH)  981 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.0 S / 84.3 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM FROM THE CENTER, AND UP TO 300

NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 45 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 65 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/02/17 AT 00 UTC:

18.1 S / 82.3 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/02/17 AT 12 UTC:

18.7 S / 80.6 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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