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WTIO22 FMEE 030000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 03/03/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/11 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 03/03/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 11 999 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.9S / 57.6E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE SEAS TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE LOCALLY REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/03 AT 12 UTC: 14.6S / 57.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, DEPR. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/03/04 AT 00 UTC: 15.4S / 57.6E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURES BETWEEN 45E AND 65E, AND FROM 08S TO 18S IN WHICH A SECOND LOW CAN BE DETECTED, NORTH OF MADAGASCAR NEAR 11.4S/51.6E. CONVECTION SLOWLY ORGANIZES CLOSE TO THE MAIN CENTRE. ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE TO DEVELOPMENT.