Subject: Indian-N: Issued By Meteo-france/tropical Cyclone Centre/la Reunion 25/03/2004 At

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:23:01 -0600

WTIO22 FMEE 250622
SECURITE
WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 25/03/2004 AT
0600 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 006/11 (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).

WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY  25/03/2004 AT 0600 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 11 1004 HPA
POSITION:            9.3S / 53.9E
(NINE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY THREE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES
EAST) AT 0600 UTC
MOVEMENT:          WEST-NORTH-WEST 4 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS FROM 70 TO 350 NM FROM THE CENTRE, MAINLY IN THE
NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTORS.

CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/20 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTRE
, BUT REACHING LOCALLY 25/30 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS UP TO 200 NM FROM THE
 CENTRE, MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTORS.
 STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

 FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
 12H, VALID 2004/03/25 AT 18 UTC:
 9.0S / 53.5E, MAX WIND = 20 KT.
 24H, VALID 2004/03/26 AT 06 UTC:
 8.7S / 54.1E, MAX WIND = 20 KT.

 OTHER INFORMATIONS:
 MONSOON FLOW HAS INTENSIFIED, GENERATING STRONG WINDS (REACHING NEAR GALE
  FORCE) OBSERVED IN THE NORTH AND IN THE EAST OF THE SYSTEM.
  AT THIS STAGE, THE SYSTEM DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.

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