WTIO22 FMEE 251218

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 25/01/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 021/3 (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: MONDAY 25/01/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 3  (EX-CORENTIN)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.4 S / 78.7 E

(TWENTY SEVEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER MAINLY CONCENTRATED IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE,

EXTENDING UP TO MORE THAN 700 NM FROM THE CENTER

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 230 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 250 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 180

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 370 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/01/26 AT 00 UTC:

26.9 S / 79.4 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2016/01/26 AT 12 UTC:

26.6 S / 78.2 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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