WTIO22 FMEE 081219

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/02/2017

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/4 (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: WEDNESDAY 08/02/2017 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  984 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.3 S / 52.7 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY TWO    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 100

NM IN THE WESTERN SECTOR AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR.

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 25 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 30

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

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/09 AT 00 UTC:

23.3 S / 52.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/09 AT 12 UTC:

24.6 S / 53.2 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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