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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 19/03/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 017/6 (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: SATURDAY 19/03/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 6  (EMERAUDE)  985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.8 S / 87.0 E

(TEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 400 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 25 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/03/20 AT 00 UTC:

11.2 S / 87.6 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/03/20 AT 12 UTC:

11.8 S / 87.4 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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