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

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 06:10:46 -0600

WTIO22 FMEE 071204
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/02/2005
AT
1200 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 12/13 (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: MONDAY    07/02/2005 AT 1200 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13 997 HPA
POSITION:           26.5S / 54.0E
(TWENTY SIX DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL ZERO
DEGREES  EAST) AT 1200 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH-WEST 8 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING
UP
TO 300 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT, LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT
AND
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING
UP
TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2005/02/08 AT 00 UTC:
27.0S / 52.5E, MAX WIND = 40 KT.
24H, VALID 2005/02/08 AT 12 UTC:
27.1S / 50.9E, MAX WIND = 35 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
STRONGEST WINDS ARE MAINLY LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO
THE
 GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES.
THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING WESTSOUTHWESTWARDS ON THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES.=

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