WTIO24 FMEE 080619

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 034/1 (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: MONDAY 08/01/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1  (AVA)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.3 S / 48.8 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY EIGHT    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN 200 NM RADIUS IN FROM THE CENTER AND EXTENDING UP

300 NM WITHIN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE

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

40 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 18 UTC:

27.3 S / 47.7 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/01/09 AT 06 UTC:

29.5 S / 48.0 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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