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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 11/04/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 003/8 (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 11/04/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  999 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.0 S / 71.2 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY ONE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP

TO 180 NM IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

10 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 20 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 20

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 130 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/12 AT 06 UTC:

13.0 S / 70.0 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/04/12 AT 18 UTC:

13.0 S / 69.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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