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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/7 (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 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 7  (DIAMONDRA)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.8 S / 80.3 E

(TWENTY    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 6 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING

UP TO 260 NM IN THE SOUTHERN-EASTERN QUADRANT, AND UP TO 470 NM FROM

THE CENTRE IN THE NORTH-EASTERN SECTOR WITHIN PERIPHERAL OUTER BANDS

.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/29 AT 18 UTC:

21.6 S / 81.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/01/30 AT 06 UTC:

22.7 S / 82.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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