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WTIO22 FMEE 030600 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 03/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 005/11 (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 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 03/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.6S / 58.0E (FIFTEEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. WEAK WINDS NEAR THE CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE PERIPHERY WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS UNDER CONVECTIVE LINES IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/03 AT 18 UTC: 17.0S / 57.0E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. 24H, VALID 2006/03/04 AT 06 UTC: 18.1S / 56.1E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM SHOWS A BETTER ORGANIZATION WITH A MONSOON DEPRESSION STRUCTURE : WINDS ARE WEAK IN THE VICINITY OF THE CENTRE, AND MAXIMUM WINDS ARE LOCATED RATHER FAR IN THE PERIPHERY. THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SYSTEM IS FAVOURABLE FOR THE INTENSIFICATION.