WTIO24 FMEE 171239

SECURITE

NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 014/6 (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).



NEAR GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 17/01/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6  (CHEDZA)  993 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.5 S / 49.1 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY NINE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 11 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 350 IN THE EASTERN SECTOR.

CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 25/30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS  EXTENDING

UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE, REACHING LOCALLY 35KT AND

VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEA IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/18 AT 00 UTC:

21.8 S / 51.2 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/01/18 AT 12 UTC:

22.2 S / 52.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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