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WTIO22 FMEE 090600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 029/11 (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 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 11 (EX-DIWA) 985 HPA POSITION: 33.7S / 60.8E (THIRTY THREE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 20 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CERCLE AND UP TO 450 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STROM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER., EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 180 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 180 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/09 AT 18 UTC: 35.5S / 64.8E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2006/03/10 AT 06 UTC: 37.7S / 69.6E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "EX-DIWA" HAS NOW AN EXTRA-TROPICAL STRUCTURE, MAXIMUM WINDS EXIST FAR FROM THE CENTRE, ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE DU TO THE MOTION OF THE SYSTEM AND TO THE GRADIENT WITH SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. "EX-DIWA" KEEPS ON TRACKING EAST SOUTHEASTWARDS TOWARDS THE POLAR WESTERLY CIRCULATION.