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WTIO22 FMEE 310000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 31/12/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 007/05 (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: SUNDAY 31/12/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 5 1000 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.6S / 55.4E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 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 12 UTC: 14.1S / 54.6E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2007/01/01 AT 00 UTC: 14.6S / 54.1E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS GETTING ORGANIZED SLOWLY ; IT IS EXPETCED TO KEEP ON TRACKING MAINLY SOUTHWESTWARDS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, AND THEN MAINLY SOUTH-SOUTHWEST, INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY.