WTIO22 FMEE 241201

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 24/01/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 017/3 (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: SUNDAY 24/01/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 3  (CORENTIN)  979 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.2 S / 75.9 E

(TWENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY FIVE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 11 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 200 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 600 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 160

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

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/01/25 AT 00 UTC:

27.9 S / 77.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2016/01/25 AT 12 UTC:

27.2 S / 78.6 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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