WTIO22 FMEE 251217

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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

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/8 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 8  (EX-FAKIR)  1000 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.3 S / 60.6 E

(TWENTY SIX    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/26 AT 00 UTC:

27.2 S / 62.1 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, FILLING UP

24H, VALID 2018/04/26 AT 12 UTC:

27.4 S / 65.5 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, FILLING UP



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

LAST WARNING ISSUED BY RSMC ON EX-FAKIR. IT WILL BE MONITORED IN THE

FMEE AWIO20 BULLETINS.=