WTIO24 FMEE 071808

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/9 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FUNDI)  992 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.5 S / 43.5 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY THREE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO

200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.



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 06 UTC:

28.1 S / 44.0 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/08 AT 18 UTC:

31.6 S / 44.1 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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