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WTIO24 FMEE 051800 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 05/01/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 009/07 (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 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: OVERLAND DEPRESSION 7 1002 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.5S / 34.7E (TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY FOUR DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS ALONG MOZAMBIQUE COASTS, REACHING LOCALLY 25/30KT IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/01/06 AT 06 UTC: 25.8S / 33.9E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/01/06 AT 18 UTC: 27.0S / 33.2E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: CENTRE IS OVERLAND BUT THE SYSTEM TRACKS NOW SOUTHWARDS ALONG THE COAST AND GENERATE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE ONCE MORE OVER SEA IN THE VERY NEXT HOURS. ASSOCIATED CLUSTERS, MAINLY LOCATED OVER SEA, GENERATE HEAVY RAINFALLS, WITH STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.