WTIO22 FMEE 101801

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 10/02/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/4 (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: WEDNESDAY 10/02/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 4  (DAYA)  993 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.0 S / 52.6 E

(TWENTY FOUR    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY TWO    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND

140 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/02/11 AT 06 UTC:

25.1 S / 54.1 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/02/11 AT 18 UTC:

26.9 S / 55.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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