WTIO22 FMEE 140629

SECURITE

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

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

AT 0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 005/12 (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 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER 12 1004 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.3 S / 58.6 E

(ELEVEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 13 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 250 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER



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

TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2026/03/14 AT 18 UTC:

12.9 S / 59.5 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER

28 KT NE: 55 NM SE: 85 NM SW: 90 NM NW: 45 NM



24H, VALID 2026/03/15 AT 06 UTC:

14.4 S / 60.0 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER

28 KT NE: 60 NM SE: 90 NM SW: 90 NM NW: 50 NM



OTHER INFORMATION:

LAST WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM, UNLESS RE-INTENSIFICATION. FURTHER

INFORMATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH THE SECURITE SHIPPING BULLETIN

FOR METAREA VIII(S) ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES OF

MAURITIUS (FQIO25 FIMP).=