WTIO22 FMEE 190014

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 19/07/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/1 (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: TUESDAY 19/07/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1  (ABELA)  1002 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.8 S / 56.7 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 12 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 200 MN IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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 SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/07/19 AT 12 UTC:

15.8 S / 54.3 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/07/20 AT 00 UTC:

16.7 S / 52.4 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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