WTIO22 FMEE 080016

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/02/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 048/5 (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: THURSDAY 08/02/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5  (EX-CEBILE)  997 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.2 S / 79.5 E

(TWENTY SIX    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY NINE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

25.9 S / 76.8 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, FILLING UP

24H, VALID 2018/02/09 AT 00 UTC:

26.5 S / 73.8 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, FILLING UP



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY EMITTED BY THE RSMC ABOUT THIS SYSTEM. IT

WILL BE MONITORED IN THE AWIO20 AND FQIO20 FMEE BULLETINS.=