WTIO24 FMEE 070026

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/02/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 005/9 (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: SATURDAY 07/02/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FUNDI)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.3 S / 42.9 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY TWO    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 320 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE

AREA ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AXED ALONG 18S/40E - 20S-44E

BETWEEN THE MONSOON FLOW AND THE CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION OF FUNDI.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 45 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 40

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

24.6 S / 43.0 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/08 AT 00 UTC:

25.8 S / 43.3 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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