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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 23/04/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 050/8 (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: SATURDAY 23/04/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  998 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.0 S / 55.7 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FIVE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: NORTH-WEST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 220 MN FROM THE CENTER WITHIN THE

EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.



GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 45

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 65 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/24 AT 00 UTC:

11.6 S / 54.6 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

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

11.0 S / 52.9 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DISTURBANCE



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