WTIO22 FMEE 100624

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 10/02/2017

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 028/4 (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: FRIDAY 10/02/2017 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  986 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.4 S / 57.4 E

(TWENTY SIX    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 14 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

200 NM IN THE EASTERN 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 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 140 NM IN THE NORTH-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 130 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/10 AT 18 UTC:

28.0 S / 60.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/11 AT 06 UTC:

29.6 S / 62.9 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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