WTIO20 FMEE 061842

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/13 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 13  (JOALANE)  995 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.9 S / 61.9 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY ONE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: NORTH-NORTH-WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 300 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, MAINLY IN THE

EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 45 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 50 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/07 AT 06 UTC:

14.4 S / 61.4 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/04/07 AT 18 UTC:

14.9 S / 61.1 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

PREVIOUS POSITION RELOCATED FURTHER NORTH. THE SYSTEM IS INTENSIFYING

AND HAS BEEN NAMED AT 17Z BY THE NWS OF MAURITIUS.=