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WTIO20 FMEE 140600 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 14/10/2005 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 006/02 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 14/10/2005 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.3S / 82.2E (TEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY TWO DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 14 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 55 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 270 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE, LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2005/10/14 AT 18 UTC: 11.8S / 81.1E, MAX WIND = 30 KT. 24H, VALID 2005/10/15 AT 06 UTC: 13.1S / 79.6E, MAX WIND = 35 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: CENTRE HAS CONSOLIDATED DURING LAST NIGHT. WINDS REPARTITION ISN'T SYMETRIC AND WINDS ARE STRONGER IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM SHOULD GENERALLY TRACK SOUTHWESTWARDS, ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL PRESSURES.