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WTIO22 FMEE 281200 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 28/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 033/10 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 28/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 965 HPA POSITION: 25.3S / 50.7E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 15 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 160 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 400 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER , EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/03/01 AT 00 UTC: 27.2S / 49.4E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/03/01 AT 12 UTC: 28.8S / 48.3E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS, "GAMEDE" ACCELERATED SLIGHTLY ALONG ITS SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS TRACK. "GAMEDE" PRESENTS A VERY BROAD CIRCULATION, THE STRONG WINDS EXTENSION IS IMPORTANT AND A LARGE PERIPHERICAL BAND UP TO 13S AND ESTA OF 57E AND THEN ALONG 12S AXIS TOWARDS THE AFRICAN COASTLINE. GAMEDE SOULD INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LINKED A WEAKNESS IN HIGHS BELT, SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING RATHER QUICK SOUTHWESTWARDS AND INTENSIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND THEN RECURVE MORE WESTWARDS AND SLOW DOWN IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REBUILDING HIGH PRESSURES SOUTHWESTWARD.