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WTIO20 FMEE 121200 CCA *************** CORRECTIVE ************** SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/02/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 034/10 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 12/02/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: FILLING DEPRESSION 10 (EX-HONDO) 1000 HPA POSITION: 24.3S / 84.8E (TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY FOUR DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: NORTH-WEST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS UP TO 150 NM FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTOR. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND ROUGH SEAS, LOCALLY REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE UP TO 150 NM FROM THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/13 AT 00 UTC: 23.5S / 83.2E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, FILLING UP. 24H, VALID 2008/02/13 AT 12 UTC: 22.7S / 81.9E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, FILLING UP. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ALTHOUGH ASSOCIATED THUNDERY ACTIVITY HAS DISAPPEARED, LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION REMAINS RATHER WELL DEFINED. HONDO HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARDS OVER THE LAST HOURS ON THE NORTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE REBUILDING SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. DUE TO GRADIENT EFFECT, STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED TO THIS RESIDUAL VORTEX COULD REACH NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS UP TO TAU 72. THIS IS THE LAST WARNING RELATED TO THIS SYSTEM, WHICH REMAINS CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION.