WTIO22 FMEE 191805

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 19/03/2018

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 023/7 (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 19/03/2018 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 7  (ELIAKIM)  986 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.2 S / 51.3 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY ONE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 11 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER MAINLY IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT WITHIN A 180 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 140 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 WITHIN A 150

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

SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 280 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/20 AT 06 UTC:

28.1 S / 52.8 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/03/20 AT 18 UTC:

31.2 S / 53.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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