WTIO22 FMEE 101843

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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

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 030/4 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 4  (EX-CARLOS)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 28.5 S / 61.0 E

(TWENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY ONE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

350 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 85 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/11 AT 06 UTC:

29.9 S / 63.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2017/02/11 AT 18 UTC:

30.9 S / 66.0 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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