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WTIO22 FMEE 010600 CCA *************** CORRECTIVE ************** SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/02/2008 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 029/08 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 01/02/2008 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 8 (EX-FAME) 996 HPA POSITION: 23.4S / 56.0E (TWENTY THREE DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SIX DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 18 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS LOCALLY AND FAR FROM THE CENTER . BELT OF NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT LOCALLY 35KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS BETWEEN 30 NM AND 100 NM, IN THE NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANTS. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/01 AT 18 UTC: 27.3S / 56.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2008/02/02 AT 06 UTC: 31.7S / 56.0E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, DISSIPATING. OTHER INFORMATIONS: STRONG WINDS ARE MAINLY LOCATED WITHIN A BELT FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHEASTREN QUADRANT DUE TO THE SPEED OF DEPLACEMENT, AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT DUE TO THE GRADIANT. THERE IS NO ORGANIZED ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTOM OR HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SYSTEM IS MAKING A LOOP TOWARDS THE TROPICAL STORM GULA, WHICH IS TRACKING QUIKCLY SOUTHWARDS. IT SHOULD EVACUATE SOUTHWARDS RAPIDLY AND DISSIPATE IN THE TROUGH OF GULA.