WTIO22 FMEE 040011

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 04/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 017/1 (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).



GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 04/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1  (AVA)  991 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.1 S / 51.9 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY ONE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 300 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 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 50

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/04 AT 12 UTC:

17.6 S / 50.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/01/05 AT 00 UTC:

18.1 S / 49.9 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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