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

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:24:48 -0600

WTIO20 FMEE 020620
SECURITE
WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 02/03/2004 AT
0600 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 001/09 (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).

WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY   02/03/2004 AT 0600 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 9 1002 HPA
POSITION:           12.9S / 70.8E
(TWELVE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST
) AT 0600 UTC
MOVEMENT:          WEST-SOUTH-WEST 9 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS UP TO 400 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE WESTERN
SEMI-CIRCLE.

CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, REACHING
LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE WESTERN
 SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

 FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
 12H, VALID 2004/03/02 AT 18 UTC:
 13.2S / 68.8E, MAX WIND = 35 KT.
 24H, VALID 2004/03/03 AT 06 UTC:
 13.7S / 66.6E, MAX WIND = 40 KT.

 OTHER INFORMATIONS:
 THIS SYSTEME IS TRACKING WESTSOUTHWESTWARD AND HAS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR
 INTENSIFICATION.=

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