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WTIO22 FMEE 280600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 28/12/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 010/04 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 28/12/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 4 1001 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.4S / 54.6E (TEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, AND CAN EXIST LOCALLY UP TO 300NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE WESTERN AND EASTERN SECTORS. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/12/28 AT 18 UTC: 10.8S / 53.4E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2006/12/29 AT 06 UTC: 11.4S / 52.4E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE UPPER LEVEL ENVIRONMENT BECOMES NOW MORE FAVOURABLE FOR AN INTENSIFICATION AS THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IS WEAKENING. CONVECTION HAS REBUILT OVER THE CENTER DURING THE NEXT HOURS. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING MAINLY SOUTHWESTWARDS, INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY.