WTIO20 FMEE 251838

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/10 (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 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 10  (GLENDA)  989 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.2 S / 68.6 E

(NINETEEN    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY EIGHT    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 150 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 200 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 230 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 260 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/26 AT 06 UTC:

20.6 S / 67.7 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/26 AT 18 UTC:

22.1 S / 66.8 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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