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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 26/02/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/10 (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: THURSDAY 26/02/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 10  (GLENDA)  991 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.9 S / 68.0 E

(NINETEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY EIGHT    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE,

EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND 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 AND UP TO 230 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN AND

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANTS.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

21.6 S / 67.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/27 AT 00 UTC:

23.0 S / 66.7 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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