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WTIO20 FMEE 060600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 06/09/2005 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 005/01 (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: TUESDAY 06/09/2005 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 1 1002 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 7.5S / 85.3E (SEVEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY FIVE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 15 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 400 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER MAINLY LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 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 2005/09/06 AT 18 UTC: 8.7S / 84.8E, MAX WIND = 25 KT. 24H, VALID 2005/09/07 AT 06 UTC: 10.1S / 83.8E, MAX WIND = 25 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION IS BADLY DEFINED AND EXPOSED EAST OF DEEP CONVECTION. SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHWESTWARDS INTENSIFYING SLOWLY DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. INTENSITY OF THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.