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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 02/05/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 014/9 (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 02/05/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 9  (EX-FLAMBOYAN)  1000 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.8 S / 84.4 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 190 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 75

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/05/02 AT 12 UTC:

20.7 S / 85.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/05/03 AT 00 UTC:

22.5 S / 86.7 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, FILLING UP



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

LATEST WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SYSTEM

WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH THE FQIO25 FIMP (ISSUED NEAR 01 UTC)AND FQIO26

FIMP (ISSUED NEAR 13 UTC) BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE MAURITIUS WEATHER

SERVICES.=