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WTIO20 FMEE 240600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 24/11/2005 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 007/05 (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: THURSDAY 24/11/2005 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5 (ALVIN ex-BERTIE) 935 HPA POSITION: 14.6S / 89.8E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY NINE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 60/95 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 60 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 100NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2005/11/24 AT 18 UTC: 15.0S / 89.4E, MAX WIND = 90 KT. 24H, VALID 2005/11/25 AT 06 UTC: 15.2S / 88.2E, MAX WIND = 80 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 05-BERTIE HAS CROSSED 90E LAST NIGTH AND HAS BEEN RENAMED ALVIN. IT IS FORECAST TO TRACK SOUTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS THAN WESTWARDS BEYOND, ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE BUILDING SUBTROPICAL GIGH PRESSURES. THE SYSTEM SHOULD THEN SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKEN AS THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMES LESS FAVORABLE.