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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 19/02/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 020/5 (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: FRIDAY 19/02/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5  (EX-URIAH)  982 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.9 S / 77.7 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER  MOSTLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, EXTENDING UP TO 400

NM FROM THE CENTER .

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

60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 110 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 210 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 260 NM

IN THE SOUTH-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 230 NM IN THE

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

AND UP TO 340 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.







FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/02/20 AT 00 UTC:

25.0 S / 77.2 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2016/02/20 AT 12 UTC:

25.2 S / 76.7 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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