Subject: Indian-N: Near Gale Warning For Metarea Viii (s)

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:11:13 -0600

WTIO20 FMEE 030012
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 03/03/2004
AT
0000 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 004/09 (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 HECTOPASCALS (HPA)
(INDICATIVE FIGURE).

NEAR GALE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 03/03/2004 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL DEPRESSION 9 998 HPA
POSITION:          WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.3S / 66.0E
(FOURTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY SIX DECIMAL ZERO
DEGREES
 EAST) AT 0000 UTC
MOVEMENT:          WEST-SOUTH-WEST 15 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS UP TO 600 NM FROM THE CENTRE, MAINLY IN THE
WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE
CENTRE,
 EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 60 NM IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
SEMI-CIRCLES.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/03/03 AT 12 UTC:
14.0S / 64.0E, MAX WIND = 50 KT.
24H, VALID 2004/03/04 AT 00 UTC:
14.0S / 62.3E, MAX WIND = 60 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
IT IS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE THE CENTRE ACCURATELY.
POTENTIAL FOR INTENSIFICATION REMAINS GOOD.=

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