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WTIO22 FMEE 251200 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 25/01/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 006/08 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 25/01/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 8 999 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.1S / 44.7E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY FOUR DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY 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. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 40 TO 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN SEMI CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/26 AT 00 UTC: 14.2S / 44.1E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2008/01/26 AT 12 UTC: 14.5S / 43.5E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: OVERALL CONFIGURATION HAS IMPROVED TODAY AND TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS IS REACHED. AS THE SYSTEM IS NOW QUASI-STATIONNARY, IT SHOULD RETAKE A SLOW WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS MOTION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS BEFORE RECURVING SOUTHWARDS SOME SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS FORECAST.