WTIO22 FMEE 090017

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 09/02/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 023/4 (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: THURSDAY 09/02/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.4 S / 53.2 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 75 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 150

NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 15 NM

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

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT 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 65 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 95 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

24.8 S / 54.1 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/10 AT 00 UTC:

26.4 S / 55.3 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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