SIO: FABIEN - Post-Tropical

[cycloneye]

Down to TS.

[Hurricane2022]

Down to TS.

https://i.imgur.com/5tcigfe.jpg

I mean, 130 km/h still means that a cyclone continues in the Tropical Cyclone/Cat-1 hurricane stage

[Hurricane2022]

 https://twitter.com/EKMeteo/status/1658879427277627392



#FABIEN made history in the South-West Indian Ocean this Tuesday evening, May 16*, becoming the latest INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE (ITC) in the season ever recorded in the basin.
*winds at 95kt & pressure 958hPa at 18UTC
old: May 10, 1986, Lila/ex-Billy, 100kt

Another record established by #FABIEN for the South-West Indian Ocean: the northernmost latitude (closest to the equator), all months combined, for a system reaching the stage of a tropical cyclone (>=64kt) , here around 5.5°S on 05/15 at 12UTC, beating BENTO (nov 2004).

[Sciencerocks]

 https://twitter.com/VortixWx/status/1658900037974335491

[cycloneye]

[cycloneye]

[cycloneye]

 https://twitter.com/jnmet/status/1659308053936627712

[cycloneye]

[cycloneye]

MODERATE TROPICAL STORM number 10

(FABIAN)

Maximum winds (averaged over 10 minutes) estimated at sea: 85 km/h.

Estimated maximum gusts at sea: 120 km/h.

Estimated pressure at the center: 994 hPa.

Position on May 20 at 4 p.m. local: 10.6 South / 69.3 East.

Distance from the Reunion coast: 1850 km to the sector: NORTH-EAST

Distance from Mayotte: 2630 km to sector: EAST

Movement: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST, at 4 km/h.

System Information:

Storm FABIEN remains in the center of the basin and continues to evolve slowly away from inhabited land. The system has begun a slow weakening, and a definitive dissipation is still envisaged in the first part of next week.

[cycloneye]

MODERATE TROPICAL STORM number 10

(FABIAN)

Maximum winds (averaged over 10 minutes) estimated at sea: 75 km/h.

Estimated maximum gusts at sea: 100 km/h.

Estimated pressure at the center: 998 hPa.

Position on May 21 at 04 local time: 11.0 South / 68.8 East.

Distance from the Reunion coast: 1785 km to the sector: NORTH-EAST

Distance from Mayotte: 2580 km to sector: EAST

Movement: SOUTH-WEST, at 6 km/h.

System Information:

Storm FABIEN remains in the center of the basin and continues to evolve slowly away from inhabited land. The system has begun a slow weakening, and a definitive dissipation is still envisaged in the first part of next week.

[cycloneye]

FILLING DEPRESSION number 10

(FABIAN)

Maximum winds (averaged over 10 minutes) estimated at sea: 65 km/h.

Estimated maximum gusts at sea: 95 km/h.

Estimated pressure at the center: 1000 hPa.

Position on May 21 at 4 p.m. local: 11.2 South / 68.6 East.

Distance from the Reunion coast: 1750 km to the sector: NORTHEAST

Distance from Mayotte: 2560 km to sector: EAST

Movement: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST, at 6 km/h.

[Sciencerocks]

 https://twitter.com/VortixWx/status/1660372836391813125

[AJC3]

https://twitter.com/EKMeteo/status/1658879427277627392?t=VIBhvqw_Q8kD6XcZFsqGRQ&s=19
#FABIEN made history in the South-West Indian Ocean this Tuesday evening, May 16*, becoming the latest INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE (ITC) in the season ever recorded in the basin.
*winds at 95kt & pressure 958hPa at 18UTC
old: May 10, 1986, Lila/ex-Billy, 100kt

Another record established by #FABIEN for the South-West Indian Ocean: the northernmost latitude (closest to the equator), all months combined, for a system reaching the stage of a tropical cyclone (>=64kt) , here around 5.5°S on 05/15 at 12UTC, beating BENTO (nov 2004).

Bento was the SHEM 'twin' of NHEM Agni, which also "set a record" of sorts, for having its precursor circulation dip just south of the the equator.