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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 09/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 037/1 (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: TUESDAY 09/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1  (AVA)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.0 S / 47.2 E

(TWENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY SEVEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP 300 NM FROM THE CENTER WITHIN THE

EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

160 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 280 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 360 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/09 AT 12 UTC:

28.4 S / 48.7 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/01/10 AT 00 UTC:

30.8 S / 51.6 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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