WTIO22 FMEE 110014

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 11/02/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 031/4 (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: SATURDAY 11/02/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



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

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 29.3 S / 62.4 E

(TWENTY NINE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY TWO    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 13 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN

SECTORS UP TO 300 TO 400 NM FROM THE CENTER REACHING LOCALLY 700 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE WESTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 95 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 85

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

30.3 S / 65.1 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2017/02/12 AT 00 UTC:

31.0 S / 66.5 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

NIL.=