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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 03/03/2017

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 004/6 (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: FRIDAY 03/03/2017 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 6  (ENAWO)  998 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.8 S / 57.0 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER REACHING 300 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE WESTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

50 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS  EXTENDING

UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 130 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/03/03 AT 18 UTC:

13.2 S / 55.9 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/03/04 AT 06 UTC:

13.6 S / 55.7 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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