WTIO22 FMEE 131808
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GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 13/02/2019
AT 1800 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 035/9 (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 13/02/2019 AT 1800 UTC.

PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9 (GELENA) 994 HPA
POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.5 S / 78.9 E
(TWENTY SIX    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND
SEVENTY EIGHT    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC
MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 12 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 160 MN RADIUS FROM THE CENTER,
EXTENDING UP TO LOCALLY 600 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN SECTOR.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM
RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN
AND SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN
QUADRANT.
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60
NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN
QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM
IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2019/02/14 AT 06 UTC:
27.5 S / 82.4 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM
24H, VALID 2019/02/14 AT 18 UTC:
28.6 S / 86.0 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM

OTHER INFORMATION:
NIL.=