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

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:08:42 -0600

WTIO22 FMEE 031207
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 03/02/2005
AT
1200 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 023/12 (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: THURSDAY  03/02/2005 AT 1200 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL DEPRESSION 12 996 HPA
POSITION:          WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.3S / 58.4E
(TWENTY TWO DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL FOUR
DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC
MOVEMENT:          WEST-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
UP
TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 25NM
RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, REACHING LOCALLY UP TO 35KT IN THE
SOUTHEASTERN
SECTOR UNDER CONVECTION.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2005/02/04 AT 00 UTC:
23.0S / 56.3E, MAX WIND = 35 KT.
24H, VALID 2005/02/04 AT 12 UTC:
24.8S / 54.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
THE SYSTEM REMAINS SMALL AND WITH A RATHER WEAK INTENSITY.
IT IS FORECASTED TO TRACK SOUTHWESTWARDS BEFORE EVACUATE SOUTHWARDS
IN
THE TROUGH.=

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