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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 25/02/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/10 (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: WEDNESDAY 25/02/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 10  (GLENDA)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.5 S / 70.3 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 190 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 250 MN FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 350 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND

ALSO BETWEEN 330 MN AND 500 MN FROM THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN SECTOR

WITHIN OUTER PERIPHERAL BANDS.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 75 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 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 12 UTC:

18.7 S / 69.3 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/26 AT 00 UTC:

20.0 S / 68.4 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

GLENDA KEEPS ON RAPIDLY INTENSIFY.=