WTIO22 FMEE 021815

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 02/02/2026

AT 1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 019/9 (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 02/02/2026 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 9 (FYTIA) 985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.7 S / 53.4 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER, EXTENDING

UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.



STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 15 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 25 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 65 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2026/02/03 AT 06 UTC:

23.3 S / 54.2 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

28 KT NE: 70 NM SE: 70 NM SW: 70 NM NW: 60 NM

34 KT NE: 55 NM SE: 55 NM SW: 50 NM NW: 25 NM

48 KT NE: 30 NM SE: 30 NM SW: 30 NM NW: 0 NM



24H, VALID 2026/02/03 AT 18 UTC:

23.7 S / 54.7 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

28 KT NE: 65 NM SE: 90 NM SW: 85 NM NW: 55 NM

34 KT NE: 40 NM SE: 60 NM SW: 50 NM NW: 0 NM



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