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WTIO22 FMEE 260600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 26/01/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 009/08 (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). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 26/01/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8 (BOLOETSE) 990 HPA POSITION: 22.6S / 50.7E (TWENTY TWO DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 220 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/01/26 AT 18 UTC: 24.0S / 50.9E, MAX WIND = 45 KT. 24H, VALID 2006/01/27 AT 06 UTC: 24.2S / 50.5E, MAX WIND = 40 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM HAS SLIGHTLY INTENSIFIED OVER LAST NIGHT AND HAS LIKELY REACHED ITS MAXIMUM OF INTENSITY. IT KEEPS ON TRACKING REGULARLY SOUTHWARDS. IT IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN TRACK WESTWARDS TOWARDS MALAGASY COASTS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. STRONGER WINDS EXTEND IN THE SOUTH OF THE SYSTEM.