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WTIO22 FMEE 280000 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 28/02/2007 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 029/11 (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: WEDNESDAY 28/02/2007 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 11 (EX-HUMBA) 975 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 29.8S / 78.9E (TWENTY NINE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY EIGHT DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 12 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMI-QUADRANT AND UP TO 450 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND LOCALLY REACHING STORM FORCE WINDS 50KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/28 AT 12 UTC: 30.5S / 79.3E, MAX WIND = 45 KT. 24H, VALID 2007/03/01 AT 00 UTC: 31.6S / 81.3E, MAX WIND = 45 KT. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "EX-HUMBA" IS NOW AN EXTRA-TROPICAL DEPRESSION, WITH A BROAD AND ASYMETTRICAL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION (STRONGEST WINDS EXTEND FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE). "EX-HUMBA" IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN ON ITS CURRENT SOUTHWARDS TRACK DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS, BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTHEASTWARDS.