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WTIO20 FMEE 070000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/04/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 003/13 (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 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 07/04/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 13 1004 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF POINT 6.8S / 86.0E (SIX DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY SIX DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 350 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 2006/04/07 AT 12 UTC: 6.7S / 86.8E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/04/08 AT 00 UTC: 6.8S / 87.9E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, PERTURB. TROPICALE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED, THE LOW LEVEL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION CENTRE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY. THE ASSOCIATED CLOUD CLUSTERS ARE STILL SCATTERED AND FLUCTUATING. THE SYSTEM INTENSITY DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.