WTIO20 FMEE 180624

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/07/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/1 (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 18/07/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1  (ABELA)  1000 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.4 S / 60.3 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 13 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 100NM FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 250 MN IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 5 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, REACHING

LOCALLY 40 5KT IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CERCLE.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/07/18 AT 18 UTC:

15.1 S / 58.1 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/07/19 AT 06 UTC:

16.1 S / 55.6 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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