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WTIO22 FMEE 230000 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 23/11/2005 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 002/05 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 23/11/2005 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5 930 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.5S / 90.3E (TWELVE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND NINETY DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP LOCALLY TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 60/100 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2005/11/23 AT 12 UTC: 13.0S / 89.9E, MAX WIND = 100 KT. 24H, VALID 2005/11/24 AT 00 UTC: 13.5S / 89.0E, MAX WIND = 100 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 05-BERTIE HAS MAINTAINED ITS INTENSITY FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS, IT REMAINS RATHER SMALL BUT SYMETRIC AND WELL ORGANIZED ABOUT A CLEAR EYE. BERTIE IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING MAINLY SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS FOR A WHILE TOWARDS THE TROUGH SOUTH OF THE SYSTEM, BEFORE TRACKING WESTWARDS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE BUILDING SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER THURSDAY NOV 24.