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WTIO22 FMEE 301800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 30/11/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 014/02 (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: THURSDAY 30/11/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.8S / 42.3E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY TWO DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, LOCALLY REACHING 35 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE WITHIN 90 NM FROM THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/12/01 AT 06 UTC: 14.9S / 42.3E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2006/12/01 AT 18 UTC: 16.3S / 42.5E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: AT THE LIMIT OF THE THRESHOLD OF TROPICAL STORM, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION NR2 STILL TRACK SOUTHWARDS IN THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL, GENERATING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS OVER THE MID-NORTHERN PART OF THE CHANNEL. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GLOBALLY SOUTHWARDS AND TO WEAKEN MORE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER 24 TO 36 HOURS.