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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/02/2009 AT 0000 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 034/08 (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 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA)
(INDICATIVE FIGURE).

STORM WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 10/02/2009 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8 (GAEL) 975 HPA
POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 31.4S / 60.6E
(THIRTY ONE DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC
MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 15 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 60 MN IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT, AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 130 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 190 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER , EXTENDING UP TO 280 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2009/02/10 AT 12 UTC:
32.0S / 62.4E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL.
24H, VALID 2009/02/11 AT 00 UTC:
32.7S / 64.0E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
GAEL IS WEAKENING WITHIN AN UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONEMENT: NORTH-WESTERLY UPPER LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND COOLER SEAS (23°C).
GAEL MOVES NOW EAST-SOUTHEASTWARDS IN THE SUBTROPICAL DOMAIN BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLIER DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS DUE TO THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES IN THE SOUTH OF THE SYSTEM.