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WTIO20 FMEE 210600
SECURITE
NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/12/2007 AT 0600 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 12/5 (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: FRIDAY 21/12/2007 AT 0600 UTC.

PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5 (EX-DAMA) 998 HPA
POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 19.3S / 88.2E
(NINETEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY EIGHT DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC
MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 17 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 MN IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

WINDS OF 20/25 KT NEAR THE CENTER REACHOING LOCALLY 30-35 KT IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI CIRCLE UP TO 110 NM AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2007/12/21 AT 18 UTC:
20.0S / 89.7E, TROP. DISTURBANCE.
24H, VALID 2007/12/22 AT 06 UTC:
22.2S / 90.3E, FILLING UP.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
THE SYSTEM IS GOING ON TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARDS, ACCELERATING.
IT SHOULD DISSIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.