WTIO20 FMEE 120558

SECURITE

NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 12/12/2015

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 014/2 (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).



NEAR GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 12/12/2015 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2  (EX-BOHALE)  998 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.6 S / 67.9 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 250 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM RADIUS

FROM THE CENTER, REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT, LOCALLY 35KT

AND VERY ROUGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

20.8 S / 67.0 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2015/12/13 AT 06 UTC:

22.4 S / 65.7 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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