WTIO24 FMEE 071240

SECURITE

GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/9 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FUNDI)  992 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.7 S / 43.0 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 350 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR AND UP TO 650 NM IN THE NORTHERN

SECTOR IN RELATIONSHIP WITH OUTER VERY ACTIVE PERIPHERAL BANDS

BETWEEN THE MONSOON FLOW AND THE CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION OF FUNDI.



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

30 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/08 AT 00 UTC:

26.4 S / 43.2 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/08 AT 12 UTC:

29.2 S / 43.5 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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