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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/04/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 004/14 (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: MONDAY 06/04/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 14  (IKOLA)  994 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.4 S / 88.6 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 170 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER AND EXTENDING

UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CERCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.





FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/06 AT 12 UTC:

14.0 S / 88.9 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/04/07 AT 00 UTC:

15.6 S / 90.4 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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