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WTIO22 FMEE 220000 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 22/02/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 039/10 (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 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 22/02/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10 (EX-HONDO) 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.4S / 59.7E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY NINE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 2 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FRON THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 95 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/22 AT 12 UTC: 18.9S / 59.1E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2008/02/23 AT 00 UTC: 19.7S / 58.2E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: EX-HONDO IS NOW SHIFTING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWESTWARDS. IT IS EXPECTED ACCELERATING ON THIS SOUTHWESTWARDS TRACK ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. IT COULD GRADUALLY INTENSIFY BUT FORECASTING OF INTENSITY REMAINS DELICATE.