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WTIO22 FMEE 240000 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 24/03/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 013/14 (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: MONDAY 24/03/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 14 (EX-LOLA) 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 16.3S / 55.9E (SIXTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT LOCALLY REACHING 30 KT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, UP TO 90 NM FROM THE CENTER. ROUGH SEAS. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/24 AT 12 UTC: 16.3S / 55.1E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2008/03/25 AT 00 UTC: 16.4S / 54.4E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: RECENT SATELLITE DATA CONFIRM THE SYSTEM IS VERY ASYMMETRIC, WITH WINDS REACHING THE NEAR GALE FORCE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF THE SYSTEM DUE TO GRADIANT EFFECT. CONVECTION REMAINS VERY FLUCTUATING, AND MAINLY LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEATHERN QUADRANT.