WTIO20 FMEE 160617

SECURITE

STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/03/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 004/6 (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: WEDNESDAY 16/03/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 6  (EMERAUDE)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.8 S / 85.0 E

(TEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FIVE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP

TO 200 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 55 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 65 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/03/16 AT 18 UTC:

10.5 S / 85.3 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/03/17 AT 06 UTC:

10.5 S / 85.7 E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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