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WTIO24 FMEE 121800 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 063/07 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: MONDAY 12/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 7 (EX-DORA) 992 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 37.8S / 49.2E (THIRTY SEVEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 17 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/13 AT 06 UTC: 41.5S / 50.0E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2007/02/13 AT 18 UTC: 45.5S / 53.0E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "EX-DORA" IS CURRENTLY TRACKING ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH AND IS ABOUT TO JOIN THE POLAR CIRCULATION. THIS SYSTEM IS VERY ASYMETRIC, THE STRONGEST WINDS EXTEND FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. LAST WARNING FOR THIS SYSTEM, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO GMDSS FQIO20 BULLETINS.