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

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:17:09 -0600

WTIO20 FMEE 301809
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 30/01/2005 AT
1800 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 008/12 (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    30/01/2005 AT 1800 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL DEPRESSION 12 998 HPA 
POSITION:          WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.3S / 69.5E 
(SEVENTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY NINE DECIMAL FIVE
DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH 15 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 130 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP
 TO 400 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS  WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER
.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2005/01/31 AT 06 UTC: 
19.5S / 68.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT.
24H, VALID 2005/01/31 AT 18 UTC: 
19.9S / 67.3E, MAX WIND = 30 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION REMAIN CONFUSED WITH SEVERAL POSSIBLE CENTERS.
THE MENTIONNED CENTER IS ESTIMATED TO BE THE MAIN  BUT A NOTHER CENTER IS
 REVEALED BY RECENT SATELLITE IMAGERY NEAR 16.4S/69.3E .
SYSTEM IS TRACKING YET QUICKLY SOUTHWARDS BUT IS EXPECTED PROGRESSIVLY TO
 RECURVE ITS TRACK SOUTHWESTWARDS THEN WESTWARDS AND INTENSIFYING SLOWLY.

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