WTIO20 FMEE 211834

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 21/01/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/3 (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 21/01/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 3  (CORENTIN)  987 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 16.7 S / 73.3 E

(SIXTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY THREE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 300 NM IN THE NORTH QUADRANT AND 200 NM IN THE EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 120 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 230 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 330 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/01/22 AT 06 UTC:

18.4 S / 71.6 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/01/22 AT 18 UTC:

20.4 S / 70.7 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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