Direction Interrégionale de LA REUNION
B.P.4    97491 Ste Clotilde Cedex
Téléphone                02.62.92.11.00
Fax exploitation      02.62.92.11.48
Fax direction           02.62.92.11.47

WTIO22 FMEE 020600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 02/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 1/11 (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 02/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER 11 1002 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.0S / 58.0E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: UNDETERMINED THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN AN AREA FROM 08S TO 15S AND BETWEEN 45E AND 55E. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/20 KT LOCALLY REACHING 25 KT AND MODERATE SEAS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/02 AT 18 UTC: . 24H, VALID 2006/03/03 AT 06 UTC: . OTHER INFORMATIONS: BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURES BETWEEN 45E AND 55E, AND FROM 08s TO 15s. WITHIN THIS AREA, TWO LOWS CAN BE DETECTED, ONE NORTH OF MADAGASCAR NEAR 11.5S/50.5E, THE OTHER AND MAIN ONE IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE MASCARENES ISLANDS. ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE TO DEVELOPMENT. SYSTEM INTENSITY DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.