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WTIO20 FMEE 071200
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/11/2005 AT 1200 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 003/04 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA)
(INDICATIVE FIGURE).

NEAR GALE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: MONDAY 07/11/2005 AT 1200 UTC.

PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 4 998 HPA
POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.2S / 88.5E
(FOURTEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY EIGHT DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC
MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 12 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2005/11/08 AT 00 UTC:
15.0S / 85.9E, MAX WIND = 30 KT.
24H, VALID 2005/11/08 AT 12 UTC:
15.8S / 83.7E, MAX WIND = 25 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
THE SYSTEM IS NOW SLIGHTLY DISORGANIZED. IT IS TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS AND IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY.