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WTIO20 FMEE 141800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 14/10/2005 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 008/02 (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 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2 997 HPA POSITION: 11.4S / 81.2E (ELEVEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY ONE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 160 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE, EXTENDING UP TO 260 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 320 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 65 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 330 NM IN THE SOUTEASTERN QUADRANT, 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 2005/10/15 AT 06 UTC: 12.5S / 80.0E, MAX WIND = 35 KT. 24H, VALID 2005/10/15 AT 18 UTC: 13.6S / 78.5E, MAX WIND = 35 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: DEEP CONVECTION RE-INTENSIFIES AS USUALLY DURING THE 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 HIGH PRESSURES.