WTIO22 FMEE 061217

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/02/2017

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/4 (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: MONDAY 06/02/2017 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  994 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.1 S / 57.2 E

(EIGHTEEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

300 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN SECTORS AND UP TO 400 NM IN

THE SOUTHEASTERN.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 45 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 65 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 55

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/07 AT 00 UTC:

19.1 S / 56.6 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/07 AT 12 UTC:

20.8 S / 55.3 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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