WTIO24 FMEE 080018

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NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 033/1 (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).



NEAR GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: MONDAY 08/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 1  (EX-AVA)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.3 S / 48.6 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



A BAND OF WINDS REACHING GALE FORCE 35KT IS ALSO LOCATED FAR FROM THE

CENTER OF THE SYSTEM BETWEEN 26S AND 28S.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 12 UTC:

26.1 S / 48.7 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/01/09 AT 00 UTC:

27.6 S / 48.1 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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