WTIO22 FMEE 111214

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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

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 033/4 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 4  (EX-CARLOS)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 30.4 S / 65.1 E

(THIRTY    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY FIVE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UPTO 370NM OVER THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 65 NM

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 170 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

31.1 S / 66.7 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

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

32.0 S / 66.3 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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