Subject: Indian-N: Issued By Meteo-france/tropical Cyclone Centre/la Reunion 11/02/2004 At 1800

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:54:34 -0600

WTIO22 FMEE 111814
SECURITE
GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 11/02/2004 AT 1800
UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 061/06 (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).

GALE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 11/02/2004 AT 1800 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ELITA) 1000 HPA
POSITION:           27.9S / 53.6E
(TWENTY SEVEN DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY THREE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES
EAST) AT 1800 UTC
MOVEMENT:          WEST-SOUTH-WEST 8 KT

THREAT AREAS:
ISOLATED SQUALLS EXIST MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE,

CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/20 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTRE ,
REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT, AND VERY LOCALLY GALE FORCE WINDS
35/40 KT, WITH ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS FAR FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO
300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/02/12 AT 06 UTC:
28.8S / 51.7E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, EXTRATROPICAL.
24H, VALID 2004/02/12 AT 18 UTC:
31.0S / 50.0E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, EXTRATROPICAL.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
STRONG WINDS EXIST FAR AWAY FROM THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, DUE TO
THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD
BE DISSIPATED BEYOND 24 HOURS.

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