WTIO24 FMEE 160023

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/02/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/5 (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: THURSDAY 16/02/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INLAND 5  (DINEO)  983 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.3 S / 34.3 E

(TWENTY THREE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

THIRTY FOUR    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

120 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS ALONG THE

AFRICAN COASTLINES BETWEEN 23S AND 25S AND EXTENDING UP TO 20 NM

OFFSHORE AND LOCALLY UP TO 40 NM OFFSHORE NEAR INHAMBANE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS ALONG THE

AFRICAN COASTLINES BETWEEN 22S AND 26S AND EXTENDING UP TO 40 TO 50

NM OFFSHORE AND LOCALLY UP TO 90 NM OFFSHORE NEAR INHAMBANE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/16 AT 12 UTC:

22.9 S / 32.5 E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, INLAND

24H, VALID 2017/02/17 AT 00 UTC:

22.1 S / 30.1 E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, INLAND



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY ALONG THE MOZAMBICAN

COASTS. SEA CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLOWER.=