Subject: Indian-N: Near Gale Warning For Metarea Vii

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:15:45 -0600

WTIO24 FMEE 010600
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/02/2004 AT 0600
UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 021/06 (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).

NEAR GALE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY    01/02/2004 AT 0600 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ELITA) 996 HPA
POSITION:          WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.8S / 43.0E
(EIGHTEEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY THREE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES
EAST) AT 0600 UTC
MOVEMENT:          NORTH-WEST 8 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS UP TO 300 NM FROM THE CENTRE, MAINLY IN THE
NORTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS
OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG
GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/02/01 AT 18 UTC:
18.2S / 42.6E, MAX WIND = 35 KT.
24H, VALID 2004/02/02 AT 06 UTC:
17.0S / 42.9E, MAX WIND = 35 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
GOING BACK OVER SEAS, SYSTEM EX-ELITA SHOULD INTENSIFY FOR THE NEXT HOURS .

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