WTIO24 FMEE 070648

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/01/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 030/1 (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: SUNDAY 07/01/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1  (AVA)  987 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.5 S / 48.8 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY EIGHT    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

450 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN SECTORS.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP TO

100 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS  EXTENDING

UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP

TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/07 AT 18 UTC:

24.4 S / 49.0 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 06 UTC:

25.3 S / 48.3 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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