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WTIO22 FMEE 281200 CCA *************** CORRECTIVE ************** SECURITE GALE 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: 031/11 (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 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 11 (EX-HUMBA) 980 HPA POSITION: 29.8S / 78.3E (TWENTY NINE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY EIGHT DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 160 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 700 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 160 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM 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 400 NM IN THE SOUTERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/03/01 AT 00 UTC: 30.0S / 79.4E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2007/03/01 AT 12 UTC: 31.1S / 81.1E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 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" HAS STAYED QUASI-STATIONNARY DURING THE LAST 6 HOURS LINKED TO LOW LAYER HIGHS SOUTHWARD. IT SHOULD WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS EVACUATE MORE QUICKLY SOUTHEASTWARDS TOWARDS A POLAR TROUGH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A WEAKNESS IN THE HIGH BELT. LAST WARNING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM, IT WILL BE NOW FOLLOWED BY THE MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN ON AREA-ACK : FQIO21 LFPW (FRENCH VERSION) AND FQIO20 (ENGLISH VERSION). CORRECTIVE ISSUED BECAUSE IT'S THE LAST WARNING ABOUT THE SYSTEM.