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WTIO22 FMEE 210000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/02/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 008/09 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 21/02/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 9 1002 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.8S / 57.4E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: NORTH-WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER , LOCALLY REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/21 AT 12 UTC: 18.5S / 56.9E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/02/22 AT 00 UTC: 18.3S / 56.3E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, DISSIPATING. OTHER INFORMATIONS: LOW LEVEL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION IS TOTALLY EXPOSED AT ABOUT 130 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. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GLOBALLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS AND DISSIPATE BEYOND 24 TO 36 HOURS. LAST WARNING FOR THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION