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WTIO20 FMEE 050600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 05/09/2005 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 1/1 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: MONDAY 05/09/2005 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER 1 1003 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 2.9S / 88.7E (TWO DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY EIGHT DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 10 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 260 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDS LOCALLY UP TO 540 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, REACHING LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, FAR IN THE SOUTH DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2005/09/05 AT 18 UTC: 3.7S / 89.0E, MAX WIND = 20 KT. 24H, VALID 2005/09/06 AT 06 UTC: 4.2S / 87.8E, MAX WIND = 25 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STAY A FEW DAYS EAST FROM 80E WITHOUT DEEPENING SIGNIFICANTLY AND THEN DISSIPATE. INTENSITY OF THESE SYSTEM DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.