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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/02/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 011/4 (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: MONDAY 06/02/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  987 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.6 S / 57.9 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

200-250 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN SECTORS.

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

TO 20 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 25 NM IN THE

SOUTH-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 45 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 65 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 55

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/06 AT 12 UTC:

18.7 S / 58.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/07 AT 00 UTC:

20.0 S / 57.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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