WTIO20 FMEE 271841

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 27/01/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/7 (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: TUESDAY 27/01/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 7  (DIAMONDRA)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.4 S / 78.0 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING

UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTHER SECTOR AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE EASTERN

SECTOR AND ALSO LOCALLY WITHIN PERIPHERAL OUTER BANDS BETWEEN 100 NM

AND 350 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 155 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 170 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 190

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 265 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/28 AT 06 UTC:

18.8 S / 78.4 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/01/28 AT 18 UTC:

19.4 S / 79.1 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

WINDS EXTENSION HAS BEEN RECALIBRATED THANKS TO RECENT DATA.=