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WTIO24 FMEE 050600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 05/01/2008 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 023/06 (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: SATURDAY 05/01/2008 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ELNUS) 999 HPA POSITION: 26.7S / 43.0E (TWENTY SIX DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY THREE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: NORTH-EAST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTOR, AND OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR SOUTH OF TULEAR. WIDE CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/25KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS REACHING LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 320KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR (BETWEEN 200NM AND 300NM FROM THE CENTER) AND IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT (NEAR SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR). STRONGEST WINDS ARE LOCATED IN A BELT FAR FROM THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/05 AT 18 UTC: 26.6S / 44.2E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2008/01/06 AT 06 UTC: 27.2S / 46.2E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: IN THIS EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM, STRONGEST WINDS AND MAIN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ARE LOCATED FAR FROM THE CENTER WHITHIN WIDE PERIPHERIC CLOUDY BANDS WHICH ARE PRESENT OVER THE SOUTHEAST OF MADAGASCAR OR FAR AWAY IN THE SOUTH. THE SYSTSM SHOULD TRANSIT SOUTH OF MADAGASCAR DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, GENERATING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALLS NEAR THE COASTS, BEFORE EVACUATE SOUTHSOUTHEASTWARDS.