WTIO20 FMEE 261228

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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

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

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/10 (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 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 10  (GLENDA)  990 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.6 S / 67.1 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING

UP TO 200 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO

400 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 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 90

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

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

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/02/27 AT 00 UTC:

23.2 S / 66.5 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2015/02/27 AT 12 UTC:

24.3 S / 66.5 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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