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WTIO20 FMEE 060000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 06/04/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 001/13 (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: THURSDAY 06/04/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 13 1004 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF POINT 7.5S / 87.5E (SEVEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY SEVEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY 2 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS OF THE ESTMATED CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/20 KT, LOCALLY REACHING 25 KT AND MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE ESTIMATED CENTRE. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/04/06 AT 12 UTC: 7.3S / 88.0E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/04/07 AT 00 UTC: 7.4S / 88.5E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: LOW LEVEL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION CENTRE IS DIFFICULT TO PRECISELY LOCATE ON IR IMAGERY. CLUSTERS ASSOCIATED TO THE SYTEM REMAIN POORLY ORGANIZED AND FLUCTUATE IN SPATIAL COVERAGE. SYSTEM INTENSITY DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.