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WTIO24 FMEE 310600 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 31/12/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 003/06 (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: MONDAY 31/12/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 999 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.2S / 41.1E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY ONE DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE SEAS, REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/12/31 AT 18 UTC: 18.0S / 41.6E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/01/01 AT 06 UTC: 18.6S / 41.9E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED IN A STILL FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT. LOCATION OF THE LOW LEVEL CENTER HAS BEEN ESTIMATED WITH A GOOD PROXY ACCORDING TO MICRO-WAVE DATA. THIS CENTER IS TEMPORARILLY TRACKING WESTNORTWESTWARDS, AND IT SHOULD CURVE EASTWARDS, BEFORE TRACKING GLOBALLY SOUTHWARDS WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS, INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY.