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WTIO22 FMEE 051800 CCA
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PAN PAN
HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 05/02/2009 AT 1800 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 017/08 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA)
(INDICATIVE FIGURE).

HURRICANE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 05/02/2009 AT 1800 UTC.

PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8 (GAEL) 970 HPA
POSITION: 18.3S / 55.1E
(EIGHTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC
MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND LOCALLY UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS CLOSE TO CENTRE.
STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE .
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2009/02/06 AT 06 UTC:
18.6S / 53.3E, MAX WIND = 75 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE.
24H, VALID 2009/02/06 AT 18 UTC:
19.3S / 52.2E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
GAEL IS CURRENTLY TRACKING IN THE NORTH OF LA REUNION ISLAND.
IT IS REGULARLY INTENSIFYING WITHIN A FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT.
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GLOBALLY WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS AND BEYOND, TO RECURVE SOUTHWESTWARDS, REGULARLY INTENSIFYING.