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WTIO24 FMEE 040600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 04/01/2008 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 019/06 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 04/01/2008 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ELNUS) 1000 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.0S / 42.1E (TWENTY SIX DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY TWO DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 10 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 130 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTOR. STRONGER WINDS, 25 KT LOC 30KT, ARE LOCATED AT A BOUT 70 NM OF THE CENTER (IN AVERAGE). WINDS ARE LIGHTER NEAR THE CENTER AROUND 15/20 KT. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH (LOCALLY) SEAS UP TO 120 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/04 AT 18 UTC: 26.2S / 42.3E, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2008/01/05 AT 06 UTC: 26.4S / 43.0E, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM HAS BEGUN AN EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION. WINDS AND POSITION HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED CONSEQUENTLY BASED ON AN QUICKSCAT PASS. SYSTEM SHOULD MOVIND AT SLOWER SPEED GENERALLY SOUTHEASTWARDS AS RIDGE IS BUILDIND SOUTHWARD AND CONTINUING ITS EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION