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WTIO24 FMEE 060000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 06/01/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 010/07 (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: FRIDAY 06/01/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 7 1002 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.3S / 33.7E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY THREE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS ALONG MOZAMBIQUE COASTS, REACHING LOCALLY 30KT IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/01/06 AT 12 UTC: 26.0S / 33.3E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/01/07 AT 00 UTC: 26.9S / 32.9E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: CENTRE SEEMS TO HAVE COME BACK OVER SEA BETWEEN INHAMBANE AND MAPUTO, BUT THE SYSTEM SHOULD NOT RE-INTENSIFY SIGNIFICANTLY AS IT TRACKS SOUTHSOUTHWESTWARDS. ASSOCIATED CLUSTERS, MAINLY LOCATED OVER SEA, GENERATE HEAVY RAINFALLS, WITH STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.