WTIO22 FMEE 200008

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 20/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 029/3 (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: SATURDAY 20/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 3  (BERGUITTA)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.9 S / 50.8 E

(TWENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

300 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT, LOCALLY STORM FORCE IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 230 NM IN

THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 280 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 220

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 230 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 320 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/20 AT 12 UTC:

31.1 S / 50.0 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/01/21 AT 00 UTC:

32.9 S / 50.3 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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