WTIO20 FMEE 180637

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/03/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/6 (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: FRIDAY 18/03/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 6  (EMERAUDE)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 9.9 S / 84.5 E

(NINE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-NORTH-EAST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 300 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 10 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 15 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 35

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 120 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

10.0 S / 85.7 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/03/19 AT 06 UTC:

10.7 S / 86.7 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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