WTIO20 FMEE 241227

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 24/11/2015

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 020/1 (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 24/11/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 1  (EX-ANNABELLE)  994 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.5 S / 81.1 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY ONE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 20 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS UP TO 400 NM FROM THE CENTER, IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND IN A CONVERGENCE AXIS EXTENDING IN THE NORTHERN AREA

OF THE SYSTEM AXED BETWEEN 20S/85E AND 10S/75E.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/11/25 AT 00 UTC:

24.4 S / 81.4 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/11/25 AT 12 UTC:

25.1 S / 80.8 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, LOW



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

THIS IS THE LAST WARNING PRODUCED BY THE RSMC ON THIS SYSTEM. FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION, REFER TO THE METAREA VIII SHIPPING BULLETIN

(FQIO25).=