WTIO24 FMEE 061829

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/02/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 004/9 (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: FRIDAY 06/02/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FUNDI)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.9 S / 42.8 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY TWO    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 130 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 250 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN SECTOR.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 45 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/07 AT 06 UTC:

24.1 S / 43.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/07 AT 18 UTC:

25.2 S / 43.4 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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