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

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 20:03:35 -0600

WTIO24 FMEE 010000
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/02/2004 AT
0000 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 020/06 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA)
(INDICATIVE FIGURE).

NEAR GALE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY    01/02/2004 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ELITA) 998 HPA
POSITION:           20.0S / 43.8E
(TWENTY DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES  SOUTH AND FORTY THREE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES
 EAST) AT 0000 UTC
 MOVEMENT:          WEST-NORTH-WEST 6 KT

 THREAT AREAS:
 SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS UP TO 300 NM FROM THE CENTRE, MAINLY IN THE
 NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTORS.

 NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM
 RADIUS OF THE CENTRE.
 STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

 FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
 12H, VALID 2004/02/01 AT 12 UTC:
 19.8S / 43.0E, MAX WIND = 35 KT.
 24H, VALID 2004/02/02 AT 00 UTC:
 19.4S / 42.5E, MAX WIND = 40 KT.

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

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