WTIO22 FMEE 200607

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 20/03/2018

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 025/7 (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: TUESDAY 20/03/2018 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 7  (EX-ELIAKIM)  986 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.2 S / 53.0 E

(TWENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 110 NM

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 175 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 180

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 320 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/20 AT 18 UTC:

30.3 S / 54.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/03/21 AT 06 UTC:

32.9 S / 55.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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