Subject: Indian-N: Issued By Meteo-france/tropical Cyclone Centre/la Reunion 12/02/2004 At 0000

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:58:39 -0600

WTIO22 FMEE 120014
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/02/2004 AT 0000
UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 062/06 (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: THURSDAY  12/02/2004 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ELITA) 1004 HPA
POSITION:          WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 28.9S / 52.5E
(TWENTY EIGHT DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY TWO DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES
EAST) AT 0000 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH-WEST 10 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 LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT WITH ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS
FAR FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/02/12 AT 12 UTC:
31.0S / 51.0E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, DISSIPATING.
24H, VALID 2004/02/13 AT 00 UTC:
35.0S / 51.5E, DISSIPATED.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
STRONG WINDS EXIST FAR AWAY FROM THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, DUE TO
THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES.

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