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WTIO22 FMEE 301800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 30/01/2008 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 023/08 (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: WEDNESDAY 30/01/2008 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 8 (EX-FAME) 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.5S / 53.3E (TWENTY ONE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY THREE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WHITHIN 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/31 AT 06 UTC: 21.6S / 53.9E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2008/01/31 AT 18 UTC: 21.6S / 55.0E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: EX-FAME IS EXPECTED SHIFTING GLOBALLY ON ITS SLOW EAST-SOUTHEASTWARDS TRACK WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS BEFORE ACCELERATING SOUTHEASTWARDS TOWARDS A TROUGH GENERATED IN THE WAKE OF GULA, WHERE IT IS EXPECTED DISSIPATING. A MORE EASTWARDS MOTION IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24H TO 36H WHEN GULA WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE SYSTEM.