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WTIO22 FMEE 201800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 20/02/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 007/09 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: MONDAY 20/02/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 9 1001 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.2S / 57.8E (NINETEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/21 AT 06 UTC: 19.2S / 56.9E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/02/21 AT 18 UTC: 19.5S / 55.8E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: LOW LEVEL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION IS NOW TOTALLY EXPOSED AT ABOUT 80 NM WEST OF THE MAIN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. SYSTEM KEEPS ON WEAKENING AND IS UNDERGOING THE INFLUENCE OF THE LOW LEVELS STEERING. BLOCKED BY THE RIDGE IN THE SOUTH-EAST, RESIDUAL VORTEX HAS STOPPED AND TURNED BACK WESTWARDS. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GLOBALLY WESTWARDS THEN WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS AND DISSIPATE BEYOND 36 TO 48 HOURS. DUE TO THE NIGHT CYCLE, CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOUD EXIST TEMPORARILY NEAR THE CENTER.