WTIO22 FMEE 091819

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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

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 026/4 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  983 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.1 S / 54.7 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FOUR    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

150 NM IN THE EASTERN 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 20 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 35 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN 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 SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 140 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/10 AT 06 UTC:

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

24H, VALID 2017/02/10 AT 18 UTC:

28.6 S / 59.8 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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