WTIO20 FMEE 290017

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 29/04/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 002/9 (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: SUNDAY 29/04/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FLAMBOYAN)  1000 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.2 S / 88.9 E

(ELEVEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY EIGHT    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 13 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 175 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

350 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 45

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/04/29 AT 12 UTC:

12.4 S / 87.0 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/04/30 AT 00 UTC:

13.6 S / 85.5 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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