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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/03/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 016/7 (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: SUNDAY 18/03/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 7  (ELIAKIM)  995 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.5 S / 49.4 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY NINE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, MAINLY OVER

THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

120 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS  EXTENDING

UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/03/18 AT 12 UTC:

20.5 S / 49.3 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/03/19 AT 00 UTC:

22.3 S / 49.8 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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