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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 31/03/2025

AT 0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/14 (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 31/03/2025 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 14 (COURTNEY) 980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.2 S / 88.0 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY EIGHT    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 70 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS AND UP TO

220 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.



STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 55 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 85 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 115 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 75

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 140 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 155 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2025/03/31 AT 12 UTC:

24.7 S / 88.6 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

28 KT NE: 140 NM SE: 170 NM SW: 135 NM NW: 90 NM

34 KT NE: 75 NM SE: 100 NM SW: 95 NM NW: 50 NM

48 KT NE: 40 NM SE: 55 NM SW: 50 NM NW: 0 NM



24H, VALID 2025/04/01 AT 00 UTC:

25.6 S / 88.9 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

28 KT NE: 130 NM SE: 165 NM SW: 130 NM NW: 70 NM

34 KT NE: 70 NM SE: 100 NM SW: 90 NM NW: 40 NM

48 KT NE: 0 NM SE: 55 NM SW: 50 NM NW: 35 NM



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