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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 19/03/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 022/7 (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: MONDAY 19/03/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 7  (ELIAKIM)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.4 S / 50.8 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 13 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER,

EXTENDING UP TO 270 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 500 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 140 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 150

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

SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 280 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/20 AT 00 UTC:

26.8 S / 52.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/03/20 AT 12 UTC:

29.9 S / 53.3 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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