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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/02/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/9 (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: SUNDAY 08/02/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FUNDI)  991 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.7 S / 44.1 E

(TWENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY FOUR    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 11 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

230 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE, AND UP TO 700 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.



GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT REACHING LOCALLY 40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH

SEAS  EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE EASTERN

SECTOR.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/08 AT 18 UTC:

31.4 S / 44.0 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/02/09 AT 06 UTC:

34.6 S / 42.4 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

STRONG WINDS IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CERCLE ARE DUE TO GRADIANT WITH

HIGHS IN THE EATS OF THE CIRCULATION.=