WTIO20 FMEE 121822

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NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 016/2 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2  (EX-BOHALE)  997 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.6 S / 67.4 E

(TWENTY    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 290 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS  EXTENDING

UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 180 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 280 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

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

24H, VALID 2015/12/13 AT 18 UTC:

24.4 S / 64.2 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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