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WTIO22 FMEE 200000 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 20/02/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/09 (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: MONDAY 20/02/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9 995 HPA POSITION: 19.1S / 57.3E (NINETEEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/20 AT 12 UTC: 19.8S / 57.9E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, FORTE TEMP. TROP.. 24H, VALID 2006/02/21 AT 00 UTC: 20.6S / 57.9E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM SHOWS A MIDGET STRUCTURE WITH A VERY SMALL SIZE BUT STRONG WINDS NEAR THE CENTER. IT SHOULD INTENSIFY A LITTLE MORE, THEN WEAKEN UNDERGOING UPPER LEVEL CONSTRAINT. IT IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN, THEN VEER SOUTHWARDS THEN SOUTHWESTWARDS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE REBUILDING HIGH PRESSURES IN THE SOUTHWEST.