Subject: Indian-N: Near Gale Warning For Metarea Vii And Metarea Viii (s)

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 06:39:50 -0600

WTIO22 FMEE 141242
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 14/03/2004 AT
1200 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 043/09 (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).

NEAR GALE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY    14/03/2004 AT 1200 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION 9 (GAFILO) 1000 HPA
POSITION:          WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.3S / 56.4E
(TWENTY SIX DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SIX DECIMAL FOUR
DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC
MOVEMENT:          EAST-SOUTH-EAST 14 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN 120NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
LOCALLY UP
 TO 400NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTORS
 .

 CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND  ROUGH SEAS, REACHING LOCALLY NEAR
 GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEN
 SECTORS.
 STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

 FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
 12H, VALID 2004/03/15 AT 00 UTC:
 27.8S / 59.3E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, SUBTROPICAL.
 24H, VALID 2004/03/15 AT 12 UTC:
 28.6S / 62.4E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, SUBTROPICAL.

 OTHER INFORMATIONS:
 DEEP CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS REBUILDING ABOVE THE LOW LKEVEL CENTRE.

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