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WTIO24 FMEE 050000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 05/01/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 006/07 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 05/01/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: OVERLAND DEPRESSION 7 POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 23.0S / 35.0E (TWENTY THREE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY FIVE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE ESTIMATED CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS ALONG MOZAMBIQUE COASTS, BETWEEN 21S AND 26S, AND UP TO 39E, REACHING LOCALLY 25/30KT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE ESTIMATED CENTRE, DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/01/05 AT 12 UTC: 24.0S / 34.5E, DEPR. SUR TERRE. 24H, VALID 2006/01/06 AT 00 UTC: 25.0S / 34.1E, DEPR. SE COMBLANT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: CENTRE IS OVERLAND BUT THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO TRACK SOUTHSOUTHWESTWARDS ALONG THE COAST AND GENERATE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST. ASSOCIATED CLUSTERS GENERATE HEAVY RAINFALLS, WITH STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.