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WTIO22 FMEE 250600 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 25/01/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 005/08 (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). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 25/01/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 8 (BOLOETSE) 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.4S / 50.9E (NINETEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 130 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 25/30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/01/25 AT 18 UTC: 20.8S / 50.5E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. 24H, VALID 2006/01/26 AT 06 UTC: 21.8S / 49.9E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, FORTE TEMP. TROP.. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE PATTERN OF THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY SHOWING A BETTER ORGANIZATION, THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIED DURING THE NIGHT. IT KEEPS ON TRACKING GLOBALLY SOUTHWESTWARDS OR SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS AND THEN IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AGAIN AND VEERING SOUTHWARDS ALONG MALGASY COASTLINE.