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WTIO22 FMEE 060000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 06/02/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 044/08 (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: MONDAY 06/02/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 8 (EX-BOLOETSE) 985 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 33.5S / 51.8E (THIRTY THREE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY ONE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 23 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER MAINLY EXISTS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE WITHIN 400 NM OF THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 140 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 190 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/06 AT 12 UTC: 36.3S / 58.2E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2006/02/07 AT 00 UTC: 39.9S / 65.2E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: DUE TO THE EXTRATROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM , STRONGEST WINDS EXISTS FAR FROM THE CENTER MAINLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SYSTEM.