WTIO22 FMEE 180054

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/01/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 016/6 (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 18/01/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 6  (CHEDZA)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.8 S / 51.6 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY ONE    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 210 IN THE EASTERN SECTOR.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 175 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 110

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 115 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 265 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/18 AT 12 UTC:

22.3 S / 52.3 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/01/19 AT 00 UTC:

23.1 S / 52.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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