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WTIO20 FMEE 200600 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 20/12/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 008/05 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 20/12/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5 996 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 16.0S / 82.8E (SIXTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY TWO DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 MN IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS UP 30 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: 17.0S / 84.2E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2007/12/21 AT 06 UTC: 18.0S / 85.7E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM HAS TRACKED SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARDS OVER THE LAST HOURS. ENVIRONMENT IS NOT FAVOURABLE TO AN INTENSIFICATION, AND THE SYSTEM SHOULD KEEP ON TRACKING TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN LATITUDES BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. STRONG WINDS MAINLY EXIST IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICL RIDGE.