WTIO22 FMEE 111814

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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

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 034/4 (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 1800 UTC.



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

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 30.8 S / 66.1 E

(THIRTY    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SIX    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 11 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 300 M OVER THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 120 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 140

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

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 190 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

31.3 S / 66.6 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2017/02/12 AT 18 UTC:

32.2 S / 66.0 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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