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WTIO22 FMEE 011800 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/02/2008 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 026/09 (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). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 01/02/2008 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 9 (EX-GULA) 990 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 28.0S / 55.6E (TWENTY EIGHT DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 15 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING TO 360 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND BETWEEN 250 NM AND 350 NM FROM THE CENTER IN A PERIPHERAL BAND IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 330 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT EN UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT, LOCALLY REACHING STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS BETWEEN 60 NM AND 130 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 170 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 260 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/02 AT 06 UTC: 31.5S / 57.1E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2008/02/02 AT 18 UTC: 35.8S / 61.3E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: LAST DATAS REVEAL THAN EX-GULA HAS DONE ITS EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION AND STRONGEST WINDS MOVE AWAY FROM THE CENTER. CIRCULATION REMAINS ASYMMETRICAL DUE TO THE FAST MOTION OF THE SYSTEM AND TO THE GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. EX-GULA KEEPS ON EVACUATING TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND ITS MID-LATITUDE WESTERLIES. MSLP HAS BEEN CALIBRATED THANKS TO VESSEL MEASURE ( ID:ELWPS 994 HPA AT 1200UTC) AT ABOUT 70 NM FROM THE CENTER.