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WTIO22 FMEE 310600 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 31/12/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 008/05 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 31/12/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 13.6S / 54.8E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND LOCALLY UP TO GALE FORCE WINDS 35KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS UP TO 70 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/12/31 AT 18 UTC: 14.5S / 53.9E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/01/01 AT 06 UTC: 15.2S / 53.5E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS GETTING ORGANIZED SLOWLY ; IT IS EXPETED TO KEEP ON TRACKING MAINLY SOUTHWESTWARDS , INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY.