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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 03/03/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/6 (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 03/03/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 6  (DUMAZILE)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.6 S / 52.0 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY TWO    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 300 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 230 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/04 AT 06 UTC:

17.4 S / 51.3 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/03/04 AT 18 UTC:

19.3 S / 50.6 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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