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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 12/04/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 004/8 (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: TUESDAY 12/04/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  998 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.2 S / 70.3 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER.

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

TO 20 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 30 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

13.3 S / 69.3 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/04/13 AT 00 UTC:

13.2 S / 68.2 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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