****0000002115**** WTIO20 FMEE 310613 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 31/03/2025 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 008/14 (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 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 14 (COURTNEY) 981 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.9 S / 88.5 E (TWENTY THREE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY EIGHT DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT FROM THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 45 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. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 115 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 125 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 175 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2025/03/31 AT 18 UTC: 25.0 S / 88.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 28 KT NE: 145 NM SE: 170 NM SW: 145 NM NW: 70 NM 34 KT NE: 0 NM SE: 100 NM SW: 95 NM NW: 0 NM 48 KT NE: 0 NM SE: 45 NM SW: 35 NM NW: 0 NM 24H, VALID 2025/04/01 AT 06 UTC: 25.8 S / 88.8 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 28 KT NE: 0 NM SE: 170 NM SW: 145 NM NW: 0 NM 34 KT NE: 0 NM SE: 100 NM SW: 90 NM NW: 0 NM OTHER INFORMATION: NIL=