WTIO22 FMEE 100617

SECURITE

NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 10/03/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 011/12 (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).



NEAR GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 10/03/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 12  (HALIBA)  998 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.8 S / 55.3 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING MAINLY UP TO 450 MN WITHIN THE NORTHEASTERN

QUADRANT.



NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS  EXTENDING

UP TO 200 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/03/10 AT 18 UTC:

24.2 S / 55.0 E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROPICAL DISTURBANCE

24H, VALID 2015/03/11 AT 06 UTC:

24.5 S / 55.4 E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

NIL.=