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WTIO20 FMEE 120600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/10/2005 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 001/02 (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: WEDNESDAY 12/10/2005 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 2 1005 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 5.5S / 87.2E (FIVE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY SEVEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT, EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS TO THE CENTRE, LOCALLY REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE WITHIN 180 NM RADIUS TO THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2005/10/12 AT 18 UTC: 5.8S / 86.6E, MAX WIND = 25 KT. 24H, VALID 2005/10/13 AT 06 UTC: 6.1S / 86.0E, MAX WIND = 25 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT ENTIRELY FAVOURABLE FOR THE SYSTEM ; SYSTEM #2 IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHWESTWARDS, INTENSIFYING SLOWLY.