WTIO24 FMEE 170624

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NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 17/01/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/6 (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).



NEAR GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 17/01/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INLAND 6  (EX-CHEDZA)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.5 S / 47.9 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY SEVEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 16 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 350 IN THE EASTERN SECTOR.

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

UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/17 AT 18 UTC:

21.9 S / 50.6 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/01/18 AT 06 UTC:

22.4 S / 52.2 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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