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WTIO22 FMEE 090000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/03/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 028/11 (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). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 09/03/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 11 (EX-DIWA) 985 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 32.3S / 59.6E (THIRTY TWO DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY NINE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 20 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLES. STROM FORCE WINDS 50/55KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER., EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/09 AT 12 UTC: 34.5S / 62.5E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2006/03/10 AT 00 UTC: 36.6S / 67.5E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "EX-DIWA" IS NOW CONSIDERED AS AN EXTRA-TROPICAL DEPRESSION, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS FAR FROM THE CENTRE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE DU TO THE MOTION OF THE SYSTEM AND TO THE GRADIENT WITH SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. "EX-DIWA" KEEPS ON TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARDS TOWARDS THE POLAR WESTERLY CIRCULATION.