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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 29/01/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/7 (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: THURSDAY 29/01/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 7  (DIAMONDRA)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.2 S / 80.1 E

(TWENTY    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING

UP TO 570 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CERCLE, AND ALSO WITHIN PERIPHERAL

OUTER BANDS UP TO 500 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTH-EASTERN SECTOR.



GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 155 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 90

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 160 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 12 UTC:

21.1 S / 80.9 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/01/30 AT 00 UTC:

22.2 S / 81.8 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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