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WTIO20 FMEE 071800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/03/2008 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/13 (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 07/03/2008 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.7S / 88.4E (ELEVEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY EIGHT DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND ALSO BETWEEN 180 NM AND 330 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT WITHIN A PERIPHERAL CONVECTIVE BAND. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 185 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/08 AT 06 UTC: 12.6S / 88.2E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/03/08 AT 18 UTC: 12.9S / 86.6E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: CENTER HAS BEEN RELOCATED MORE EASTERN. STRONGER WINDS ARE LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT LINKED TO STRONG CONVERGENCE IN THESE AREAS.