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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/02/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 046/5 (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: WEDNESDAY 07/02/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5  (EX-CEBILE)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.7 S / 80.8 E

(TWENTY SIX    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

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

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/02/08 AT 00 UTC:

26.6 S / 79.7 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/02/08 AT 12 UTC:

26.3 S / 77.3 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, FILLING UP



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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