WTIO22 FMEE 070024

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/02/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/4 (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: TUESDAY 07/02/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  995 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.1 S / 56.3 E

(NINETEEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM OF THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN

QUADRANT OF THE CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

20.6 S / 55.2 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/08 AT 00 UTC:

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



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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