WTIO24 FMEE 080027

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/03/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 023/6 (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 08/03/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: OVERLAND DEPRESSION 6  (EX-ENAWO)  985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.9 S / 49.3 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY NINE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 300 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

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

30 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/03/08 AT 12 UTC:

17.1 S / 48.1 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2017/03/09 AT 00 UTC:

19.7 S / 46.8 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, OVERLAND DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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