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WTIO24 FMEE 041200 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 04/03/2007 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 049/10 (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 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 04/03/2007 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 10 (EX-GAMEDE) 980 HPA POSITION: 32.4S / 49.7E (THIRTY TWO DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, MORE ACTIVE IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 450 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 220 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/03/05 AT 00 UTC: 32.5S / 48.6E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2007/03/05 AT 12 UTC: 32.7S / 47.3E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION IS STILL BROAD AN WELL DEFINED WITH AN IMPORTANT EXTENSION OF THE NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS. THE MAIN THUNDERY ACTIVITY IS NORTHEASTWARDS AWAY FROM THE CENTRE DUE TO AN IMPORTANT SOUTH HIGH LEVEL JETSTREAM EXISTSIN ALOFT DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE LOW LEVEL VORTEX, ALMOSTSTATIONNARY, SHOULD CURVE WESTSOUTHWESTWARDS BEFORE EVACUATE SOUTHEASTWARDS ACCELARATIONG WITH THE TROUGH OF TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING IS THE LAST ONE ISSUED ON THIS SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE MONITORED IN THE FQIO20 BULLETIN.