WTIO22 FMEE 250017

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 25/04/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/8 (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: WEDNESDAY 25/04/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 8  (EX-FAKIR)  995 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.0 S / 59.3 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY NINE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 12 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/25 AT 12 UTC:

26.1 S / 60.3 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/04/26 AT 00 UTC:

26.3 S / 61.4 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, FILLING UP



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

NIL.=