WTIO22 FMEE 140030

SECURITE

NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 14/03/2026

AT 0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 004/12 (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 HECTOPASCAL (HPA)

(INDICATIVE FIGURE).



NEAR GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 14/03/2026 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 12 1002 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.0 S / 58.6 E

(TEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 13 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER, AND

EXTENDING UP TO 450 NM IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST QUADRANTS.



NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS EXTENDING UP

TO 30 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 40 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2026/03/14 AT 12 UTC:

12.4 S / 59.9 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

28 KT NE: 60 NM SE: 85 NM SW: 90 NM NW: 60 NM

34 KT NE: 40 NM SE: 70 NM SW: 50 NM NW: 0 NM



24H, VALID 2026/03/15 AT 00 UTC:

14.3 S / 60.4 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

28 KT NE: 65 NM SE: 90 NM SW: 90 NM NW: 60 NM

34 KT NE: 40 NM SE: 70 NM SW: 50 NM NW: 0 NM



OTHER INFORMATION:

NIL.=