WTIO22 FMEE 181817

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/1 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1  (ABELA)  998 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.9 S / 57.7 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 12 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 75NM FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

250 MN IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

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

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

LOCALLY 50KT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CERCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

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 2016/07/19 AT 06 UTC:

16.1 S / 55.2 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/07/19 AT 18 UTC:

17.2 S / 53.0 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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