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WTIO24 FMEE 100600 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 033/11 (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). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 10/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 11 (EX-DIWA) 987 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 36.7S / 69.3E (THIRTY SIX DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY NINE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 17 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 600 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS UP TO 220 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS UP TO 350 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND LOCALLY BETWEEN 200 NM AND 260 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/10 AT 18 UTC: 37.8S / 74.2E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2006/03/11 AT 06 UTC: 39.2S / 79.8E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "EX-DIWA" HAS NOW AN EXTRA-TROPICAL STRUCTURE, MAXIMUM WINDS EXIST FAR FROM THE CENTRE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LOCATED IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT DU TO THE MOTION OF THE SYSTEM AND TO THE GRADIENT WITH SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. "EX-DIWA" KEEPS ON TRACKING EASTSOUTHEASTWARDS INTO THE POLAR WESTERLY CIRCULATION, TOWARDS SAINT-PAUL/AMSTERDAM ISLANDS IT SHOULD APPROACH DURING THE NIGHT OF THE 10 TO 11.