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WTIO22 FMEE 200600 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 20/02/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 005/09 (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 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9 995 HPA POSITION: 19.2S / 58.1E (NINETEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. 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 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/20 AT 18 UTC: 19.5S / 59.2E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. 24H, VALID 2006/02/21 AT 06 UTC: 20.0S / 60.1E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, DEPR. TROPICALE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM HAS A VERY SMALL SIZE BUT ASSOCIATED WINDS CAN BE RATHER STRONG NEAR THE CENTER. IT UNDERGOES A STRONG WESTERLY WINDSHEAR. REGULARLY WEAKENING, THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE LOW LEVELS STEERING, BACKING SOUTHWARDS THEN SOUTHWESTWARDS BEYOND 48 HOURS.