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WTIO20 FMEE 121800 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/02/2008 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 023/11 (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: TUESDAY 12/02/2008 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 11 (IVAN) 987 HPA POSITION: 14.2S / 64.0E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY FOUR DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WHEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE WESTERN SECTOR. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN QUADRANTS STRONG GUSTS UNEDR SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/13 AT 06 UTC: 14.2S / 63.0E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/02/13 AT 18 UTC: 14.0S / 61.5E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM HAS TRACKED SLOWLY GLOBALLY WESTWARDS OVER THE LAST HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEPS ON TRACKING GLOBALLY WESTWARDS, SLOWLY WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS AND ACCELERATING BEYOND, AND INTENSIFYING PROGRESSIVELY. BEYOND 48 HOURS, IVAN IS FORECASTED TO RECURVE PROGRESSIVELY SOUTHWESTWARDS.