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WTIO22 FMEE 010000 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/12/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 015/02 (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). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 01/12/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 2 (ANITA) 995 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.4S / 42.6E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY TWO DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, AND 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 12 UTC: 16.1S / 42.7E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2006/12/02 AT 00 UTC: 17.9S / 43.0E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: JUST NAMED ANITA AT THE STAGHE OF TROPICAL STORM, THE SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE REACHED ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY, WITH A CONVECTIVE (THUDERY) ACTIVITY WHICH AS GATHERED ABOVE THE LOW LEVEL CENTER. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GLOBALLY SOUTHSOUTHEASTWARDS AND TO WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.