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WTIO22 FMEE 211800 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/12/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 17/3 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 21/12/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 3 (BONDO) 955 HPA POSITION: 9.9S / 50.5E (NINE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM FROM THE CENTRE MAINLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTOR, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 250 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/80 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 25 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 45 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/12/22 AT 06 UTC: 10.4S / 49.3E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2006/12/22 AT 18 UTC: 11.4S / 48.4E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: BONDO IS RAPIDLY WEAKENING DUE TO UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT IN HIGH LEVEL (SOUTHEAST VERTICAL WINDSHEAR), AND THE LOW LEVEL CENTER IS NOW LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE MORE ACTIVE THUNDERY PART. IT HAS SLOWN DOWN, AS IT HAS STARTED TO CURVE SOUTHWESTWARDS, BEGINNING TO TRACK TOWARDS THE NORTH OF THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL, ON A TRACK WHICH SHOULD BRING IT BETWEEN MAYOTTE ISLAND AND THE NORTHWEST COAST OF MADAGASCAR DURING THE NEXT DAYS. THE SYSTEM REMAINS SMALL FOR THE EXTENTION OF WINDS, WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO THE CENTER.