Direction Interrégionale de LA REUNION
B.P.4    97491 Ste Clotilde Cedex
Téléphone                02.62.92.11.00
Fax exploitation      02.62.92.11.48
Fax direction           02.62.92.11.47

WTIO20 FMEE 090000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/01/2009 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/05 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 09/01/2009 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 5 1002 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.0S / 68.0E (FIFTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY EIGHT DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 12 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 350 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTER, REACHING LOCALLY 30 KT IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE, UP TO 150 NM FROM THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/09 AT 12 UTC: 15.5S / 67.0E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2009/01/10 AT 00 UTC: 16.4S / 66.7E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THIS SYSTEM SHOWS A BROAD CIRCULATION AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERY ACTIVITY EXTENDS FAR FROM THE ESTIMATED CENTRE, UP TO 300 NM. THIS CENTRE IS DIFFICULT TO PRECISELY LOCATE ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY REGULARLY, TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS, AND THEN SOUTHWARDS WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS..