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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 010/10 (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 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 10  (GLENDA)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.6 S / 68.9 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY EIGHT    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 140 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT,

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 300 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  EXTENDING UP

TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 135 NM IN THE

EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 80

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 260 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/25 AT 18 UTC:

19.2 S / 68.1 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/26 AT 06 UTC:

20.7 S / 67.3 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

THE INTENSITY AND WINDS RADII HAVE BEEN CALIBRATED ACCORDING

SATELLITE SURFACE WINDS ESTIMATION FROM 0501Z.=