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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 04/03/2017

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/6 (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: SATURDAY 04/03/2017 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 6  (ENAWO)  997 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.3 S / 56.2 E

(THIRTEEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER REACHING 200 NM IN

THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 40

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 90 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

13.8 S / 56.1 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/03/05 AT 00 UTC:

14.2 S / 55.8 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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