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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 20/03/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 022/6 (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 20/03/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 6  (EMERAUDE)  993 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.4 S / 87.3 E

(ELEVEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY SEVEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 3 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 35 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 90 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 40

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/03/21 AT 06 UTC:

12.0 S / 86.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/03/21 AT 18 UTC:

12.4 S / 84.4 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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