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WTIO24 FMEE 141800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 14/03/2008 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 041/12 (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 14/03/2008 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 12 (EX-JOKWE) 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.0S / 40.2E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 140 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT, 130 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT, AND 100 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/15 AT 06 UTC: 24.9S / 40.0E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2008/03/15 AT 18 UTC: 25.2S / 40.1E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, DISSIPATING. OTHER INFORMATIONS: JOKWE IS WEAKENING AND SHOULD REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS BEFORE MERGING INTO A COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY.