WTIO20 FMEE 281217

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 28/01/2015

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/7 (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: WEDNESDAY 28/01/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 7  (DIAMONDRA)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.6 S / 79.2 E

(NINETEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY NINE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 130 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING

UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN SECTOR, AND ALSO LOCALLY WITHIN

PERIPHERAL OUTER BANDS BETWEEN 100 NM AND 450 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN

THE NORTHERN SECTOR.



GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 155 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 95

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 SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/29 AT 00 UTC:

20.2 S / 79.8 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/01/29 AT 12 UTC:

20.9 S / 80.8 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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