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WTIO20 FMEE 130600 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 13/04/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 006/13 (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: THURSDAY 13/04/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.3S / 89.6E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY NINE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 25NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, LOCALLY REACHING 35KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS UP TO 50NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/04/13 AT 18 UTC: 13.9S / 89.1E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. 24H, VALID 2006/04/14 AT 06 UTC: 14.2S / 88.0E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY SHOWING A BETTER ORGANIZATION THAN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ; THE LOW LEVEL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION IS ASYMETRIC, WITH STRONGEST WINDS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS, INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY.