WTIO20 FMEE 241828

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 24/02/2015

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/10 (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).



GALE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 24/02/2015 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 10  (GLENDA)  991 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.1 S / 70.8 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 300 MN FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND ALSO BETWEEN 250 MN AND 450 MN FROM THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN

SECTOR WITHIN OUTER PERIPHERAL BANDS.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 75 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/25 AT 06 UTC:

18.1 S / 69.9 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/25 AT 18 UTC:

19.2 S / 68.9 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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