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WTIO24 FMEE 280000 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 28/01/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 016/08 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: MONDAY 28/01/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: OVERLAND DEPRESSION 8 (EX-FAME) POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.5S / 45.0E (SEVENTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY FIVE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS UP TO 20 NM ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN MALAGASY COASTLINE BETWEEN 16.5S AND 18.0S. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/28 AT 12 UTC: 19.1S / 46.1E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, OVERLAND. 24H, VALID 2008/01/29 AT 00 UTC: 19.8S / 48.2E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, OVERLAND. OTHER INFORMATIONS: FAME HAS TEMPORARY REACHED TROPICAL CYCLONE MINIMAL STAGE BEFORE ITS LANDFALL AT ABOUT 1300Z NEAR BESALAMPY. IT IS NOW EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN WITHIN ITS TRIP OVER MALAGASY DUE TO ITS SMALL SIZE. THE RESIDUAL LOW COULD GO BACK OVER SEA WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS ON THE EASTERN MALAGASY COASTLINE BETWEEN TOAMASINA AND FARAFANGANA. IT COULD SO REACH AGAIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION STAGE. LAST GALE WARNING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM EXCEPT AGAIN OVER SEA. IT WILL BE MONITORED AS LONG AS IT IS NECESSARY BY TROPICAL FORECAST WARNING FROM RSMC LA REUNION WTIO30 (ENGLISH VERSION) AND WTIO31 (FRENCH VERSION)