WTIO22 FMEE 151212

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 15/03/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/7 (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 15/03/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 7  (ELIAKIM)  986 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.6 S / 53.0 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 300 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 175

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/16 AT 00 UTC:

15.9 S / 50.9 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/03/16 AT 12 UTC:

16.0 S / 49.9 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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