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WTIO22 FMEE 020000 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 02/02/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 027/09 (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: SATURDAY 02/02/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 9 (EX-GULA) 982 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 29.5S / 56.4E (TWENTY NINE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SIX DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 16 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND LOCALLY UP TO 600 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. SQUALLY WEATHER ALSO EXISTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT WITHIN A PERIPHERAL BAND BETWEEN 350 NM AND 450 NM FROM THE CENTER. 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 340 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 12 UTC: 32.9S / 59.4E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2008/02/03 AT 00 UTC: 36.8S / 64.8E, MAX WIND = 40 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 RE-CALIBRATED THANKS TO 14928 BUOY MEASURE ( 985 HPA AT 2200UTC). LAST WARNING ISSUED ABOUT THIS SYSTEM, EX-GULA HOWEVER REMAINS MON ITORED BY SMDSM MARINE METEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN FROM METEO-FRANCE/LA REUNION ON AREA ACK (AMSTERDAM-CROZET-KERGUELEN) - FQIO20 FMEE.