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WTIO22 FMEE 200600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 20/12/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 032/04 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 20/12/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 4 (EX-CELINA) 999 HPA POSITION: 22.1S / 55.5E (TWENTY TWO DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 10 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/25 KT REACHING LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/12/20 AT 18 UTC: 22.0S / 54.0E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2007/12/21 AT 06 UTC: 22.3S / 52.8E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THIS WEAK INTENSITY SYSTEM IS TRACKING SOUTH OF REUNION ISLAND. THE TRACK IS WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS OVER THE LAST HOURS DUE TO THE REBUILDING SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. IT SHOULD KEEP AN INTENSITY CLOSE TO ITS ACTUAL STAGE DURING THE NEXT DAYS IN A NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT. STRONGEST WINDS ARE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.