WTIO20 FMEE 180020

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 18/07/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 005/1 (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 18/07/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1  (ABELA)  1000 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.2 S / 61.4 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY ONE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 100NM FROM THE CENTER.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 250 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.







FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/07/18 AT 12 UTC:

14.3 S / 58.9 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/07/19 AT 00 UTC:

15.5 S / 56.4 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION



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