WTIO22 FMEE 171844

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 17/01/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/6 (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 17/01/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 6  (CHEDZA)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.1 S / 50.3 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 350 IN THE EASTERN SECTOR.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 110

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/18 AT 06 UTC:

22.5 S / 51.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/01/18 AT 18 UTC:

22.9 S / 52.2 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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