Subject: Indian-N: Gale Warning For Metarea Vii

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:04:46 -0600

WTIO24 FMEE 101229 CCA
SECURITE
GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/03/2004 AT
1200 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 034/09 (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).

GALE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 10/03/2004 AT 1200 UTC.
PHENOMENON           : OVERLAND DEPRESSION 9 (EX-GAFILO)
POSITION             : 23.2S / 45.4E (TWENTY THREE DECIMAL
                       TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY FIVE DECIMAL FOUR
                       DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC
MOVEMENT             : SOUTH-EAST 10 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
LOCALLY UP TO 550 NM FROM THE CENTRE EXCEPTED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND HIGH SEAS NEAR SOUTHEASTERN MALAGASY COAST,
BETWEEN 21 AND 24S (UP TO 80NM AT THE EAST OT THE COASTS)
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS OVER SEAS
UP TO 220NM FROM THE CENTRE OVER THE MOZAMLBIC CHANNEL AND SOUTH OF MADAGASCAR,
AND UP TO 300NM EAST OF THE CENTRE SOUTH OF 20S.  STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/03/11 AT 00 UTC:
23.6S / 46.4E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, OVERLAND.
24H, VALID 2004/03/11 AT 12 UTC:
23.9S / 47.3E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, OVERLAND.

OTHER INFORMATION:
THE GRADIENT IS WEAK NEAR THE CENTRE, BUT STRONG WOINDS STILL EXIST OVER
SEA, SPECIALLY UNDER SQUALLS.

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