The tropical depression to the north-east of Madagascar has intensified into a moderate tropical storm and has been named ‘Gamane’ by Meteo Madagascar at 06h00 this morning.
Evolution of the system.
At 10h00, this morning, the moderate tropical storm ‘Gamane’ was centered near the coordinates 12.2S and 50.7E at around 1125 km far to the North West of Mauritius.It is quasi-stationary at present.
Given that the system is evolving in a favorable environment, Most Numerical Weather Prediction models are in agreement that the system it will intensify further and will track towards the southeast as from Thursday 29.
On this trajectory, Gamane may represent a potential threat to Mauritius.