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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 003/2 (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: SUNDAY 07/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 2  (IRVING)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.5 S / 87.0 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 14 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/07 AT 12 UTC:

15.4 S / 84.0 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/01/08 AT 00 UTC:

17.2 S / 80.9 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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