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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

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/6 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 6  (ENAWO)  998 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.8 S / 56.7 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 3 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER REACHING 230 NM IN

THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

25 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 30 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/03/04 AT 06 UTC:

13.3 S / 56.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/03/04 AT 18 UTC:

14.0 S / 56.0 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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