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WTIO24 FMEE 311800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 31/12/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 005/06 (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 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 997 HPA POSITION: 18.8S / 41.3E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY ONE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 70 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/01 AT 06 UTC: 19.1S / 41.2E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2008/01/01 AT 18 UTC: 19.6S / 41.0E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO HAVE TRACKED SLOWLY SOUTHWARDS OVER THE LAST HOURS. IT SHOULD KEEP ON GENERALLY TRACKING SOUTHWARDS AND REGULARLY INTENSIFY THANKS TO A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT (WARM SST OF 29 TO 30 CELSIUS DEGREES, GOOD LOW LEVEL INFLOWS AND UPPER LEVEL OUTFLOWS).