WTIO22 FMEE 211844

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 21/04/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 043/8 (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: THURSDAY 21/04/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.1 S / 56.8 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 25 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

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 NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

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

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/22 AT 06 UTC:

13.4 S / 56.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/04/22 AT 18 UTC:

13.6 S / 56.3 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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