WTIO24 FMEE 160610

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NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 014/5 (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).



NEAR GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 16/02/2017 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: OVERLAND DEPRESSION 5  (EX-DINEO)  994 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.9 S / 33.0 E

(TWENTY TWO    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

THIRTY THREE    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 15 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM OFF THE MOZAMBIQUE COAST.

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

AFRICAN COASTLINES BETWEEN 23S AND 25S AND EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM

OFFSHORE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/16 AT 18 UTC:

22.4 S / 31.3 E, MAX WIND = 0 , OVERLAND DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2017/02/17 AT 06 UTC:

22.1 S / 28.4 E, MAX WIND = 0 , OVERLAND DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

LAST WARNING ISSUED BY THE RSMC ON THIS SYSTEM.=