WTIO22 FMEE 120017

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 12/02/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 035/4 (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: SUNDAY 12/02/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 4  (EX-CARLOS)  992 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 30.8 S / 67.1 E

(THIRTY    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 75 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 130 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

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

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

31.3 S / 67.7 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2017/02/13 AT 00 UTC:

32.3 S / 65.9 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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