WTIO22 FMEE 080013

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 08/02/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 019/4 (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 08/02/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  996 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.6 S / 53.4 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 130 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

200 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN SECTOR AND UP TO 400 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN SECTOR.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/08 AT 12 UTC:

22.6 S / 52.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/09 AT 00 UTC:

23.3 S / 52.3 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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