Subject: Indian-N: Issued By Meteo-france/tropical Cyclone Centre/la Reunion 10/03/2004 At

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 23:45:00 -0600

WTIO24 FMEE 100014
SECURITE
STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/03/2004 AT
0000 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 32/9 (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).

STORM WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 10/03/2004 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        OVERLAND DEPRESSION 9 (EX-GAFILO)
POSITION:          WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.7S / 43.9E
(TWENTY ONE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY THREE DECIMAL NINE
DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 10 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
UP TO
400 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE,  AND LOCALLY
UP
TO 550 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS ON WESTERN MALAGASY
COAST, BETWEEN 21 AND 22S..
GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND HIGH SEAS ON WESTERN MALAGASY COAST,
BETWEEN 20 AND 23S.
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE
MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL, BETWEEN 17 AND 27S.
REMARK : IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MALAGASY COASTS
DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE HIGH SUBTROPICAL PRESSURES, GALE
FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT EXIST WITH HIGH SEAS,  EXTENDING FROM 23 TO 28 SOUTH
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 EAST.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/03/10 AT 12 UTC:
OVERLAND.
24H, VALID 2004/03/11 AT 00 UTC:
OVERLAND.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
EX-GAFILO HAS MADE LANDFALL, LIKELY NORTH OF THE TOWN OF MOROMBE AT ABOUT
2000Z. OVERLAND CENTRE BECOMES DIFFICULT TO PRECISELY LOCATE.=

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