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WTIO20 FMEE 121800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/04/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/13 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 12/04/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.1S / 90.0E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND NINETY DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/25 KT, REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 25NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/04/13 AT 06 UTC: 13.5S / 88.9E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. 24H, VALID 2006/04/13 AT 18 UTC: 13.8S / 87.9E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: AFTER 4 DAYS OVER THE AUSTRALIAN AREA AT A WEAK INTENSITY, THE SYSTEM N°13 IS COMING BACK OVER OUR AREA OF RESPONSABILITY WITH A LIGHT INTENSIFICATION. THE SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK SOUTHWESTWARD.