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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 23/01/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 014/3 (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: SATURDAY 23/01/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 3  (CORENTIN)  978 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.7 S / 73.0 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 13 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 450 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 210 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 200

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 260 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/01/24 AT 06 UTC:

26.6 S / 74.7 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

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

27.6 S / 76.7 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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