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WTIO24 FMEE 050600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 05/02/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 041/08 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 05/02/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8 (BOLOETSE) 970 HPA POSITION: 28.8S / 46.5E (TWENTY EIGHT DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY SIX DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 18 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS NEAR THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/05 AT 18 UTC: 31.5S / 49.0E, MAX WIND = 50 KT. 24H, VALID 2006/02/06 AT 06 UTC: 33.8S / 52.4E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM IS WEAKENING DUE TO A LESS FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT. BOLOETSE QUICKLY TRACKS SOUTHEASTWARDS, TOWARDS EXTRATROPICAL LATITUDES. STRONG WINDS EXIST NORTH AND EAST OF THE SYSTEM DUE TO ITS OWN SPEED.