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WTIO20 FMEE 261200 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 26/01/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 001/09 (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: SATURDAY 26/01/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 9 1002 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.6S / 62.4E (ELEVEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY TWO DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 270 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTER. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/27 AT 00 UTC: 13.4S / 62.0E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2008/01/27 AT 12 UTC: 14.4S / 61.7E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SEVERAL CENTERS MAY POSSIBLE, THE MENTIONNED ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MAIN. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEPS ON TRACKING GLOBALLY SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS THEN SOUTHWESTWARDS ON THE NORTHEN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES, INTENSIFYING SLOWLY.