WTIO24 FMEE 140011

SECURITE

GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 14/02/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 001/5 (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: TUESDAY 14/02/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 5  (DINEO)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.5 S / 39.4 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

THIRTY NINE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

230 NM IN THE ESATERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/14 AT 12 UTC:

21.9 S / 39.0 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/15 AT 00 UTC:

22.6 S / 38.1 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

NIL.=