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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 011/9 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FUNDI)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 29.9 S / 44.1 E

(TWENTY NINE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY FOUR    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 12 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 350 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, AND UP TO 650 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SECTOR.



GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN 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 90 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/09 AT 00 UTC:

33.1 S / 43.3 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/02/09 AT 12 UTC:

35.2 S / 41.4 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.=