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WTIO22 FMEE 301800 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 30/12/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 006/05 (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 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 5 1000 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.1S / 55.8E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTER, REACHING LOCALLY 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE UP TO 90 NM FROM THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/12/31 AT 06 UTC: 13.3S / 55.3E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2006/12/31 AT 18 UTC: 13.6S / 54.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS GETTING GRADUALLY ORGANIZED ; IT IS EXPETCED TO KEEP ON TRACKING MAINLY SOUTHWESTWARDS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, AND THEN SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARTDS, INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY.