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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 20/03/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/6 (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: SUNDAY 20/03/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 6  (EMERAUDE)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.0 S / 87.3 E

(ELEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY SEVEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND 200 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN

QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 15 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 40

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 105 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/03/21 AT 00 UTC:

11.6 S / 86.7 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/03/21 AT 12 UTC:

12.4 S / 85.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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