WTIO20 FMEE 191827

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 018/6 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 6  (EMERAUDE)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.9 S / 87.7 E

(TEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY SEVEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 400NM IN THE EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 85 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/03/20 AT 06 UTC:

11.5 S / 87.8 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/03/20 AT 18 UTC:

12.1 S / 87.0 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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