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WTIO22 FMEE 291800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 29/11/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 010/02 (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 29/11/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2 1000 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.1S / 41.8E (ELEVEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY ONE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 25/30 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, REACHING LOCALY 30KT MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/11/30 AT 06 UTC: 12.1S / 41.5E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2006/11/30 AT 18 UTC: 13.2S / 41.3E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: CONVECTIVE (THUNDERY) ACTIVITY IS IMPORTANT, GENERATING HEAVY RAINS ON THE NORTH OF MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL, FROM THE COMOROS ARCHIPELAGO TO AFRICAN COASTS. ORGANIZATION OF CONVECTION HAS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED THE LOW LEVEL CENTER TRACKS NOW SOUTHWARDS AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACKS SOUTHWARDS INTENSYING SLOWLY..