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WTIO22 FMEE 250000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 25/01/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/08 (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 25/01/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 8 1002 HPA POSITION: 13.9S / 44.3E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY FOUR DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/25KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/25 AT 12 UTC: 14.0S / 43.6E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2008/01/26 AT 00 UTC: 14.1S / 43.0E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THUNDERY ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED TO THE SYSTEM BARELY ORGANIZES WITHIN A YET RATHER FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE SYSTEM SLOWLY TRACKS WESTWARDS. IT SHOULD KEEP ON TRACKING WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS THEN POLEWARDS, GRADUALLY INTENSIFYING.