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WTIO22 FMEE 221800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 22/12/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 021/03 (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). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 22/12/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 3 (BONDO) 980 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.5S / 50.2E (TEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY 2 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE , EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 250 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THENORTEASTERN QUADRANT AND TO 110 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/12/23 AT 06 UTC: 10.6S / 50.4E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2006/12/23 AT 18 UTC: 10.7S / 50.1E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ACCORDING TO RECENT SATELLITE DATA, NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS EXTENSION IS WIDER IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE -UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTRE - THAN IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE (40 NM). ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME MORE FAVORABLE AND THE SYSTEME BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED. IT HAS REMAINED QUASISTATIONARY OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS. IT SHOULD STAY QUASI-STATIONARY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO, BEFORE KEEP ON TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS.