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WTIO22 FMEE 300000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 30/12/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 003/05 (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: SATURDAY 30/12/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER 5 1004 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.3S / 57.1E (TWELVE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 350 MN IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20KT AND MODERATE SEAS NEAR THE CENTER, REACHING LOCALLY 30KT UNDER SQUALLS. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/12/30 AT 12 UTC: 12.5S / 56.7E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2006/12/31 AT 00 UTC: 12.7S / 56.3E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ORGANISATION REMAINS DIFFICULT, AND CONVECTION FLUCTUATING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLY WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS THEN SOUTHWESTWARDS , INTENSIFYING PROGRESSIVELY. AT THIS STAGE, THE SYSTEM INTENSITY DOES NOT REQUIRE ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.