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WTIO20 FMEE 190000 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 19/10/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 011/02 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 19/10/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2 999 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 9.6S / 66.4E (NINE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY SIX DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 25/30KT AND ROUGH SEAS AROUND THE CENTER LOCALLY REACHING 35KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS FAR FROM THE CENTER WITHIN A BELT LOCATED BETWEEN 60NM AND 120NM IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECTORS. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/10/19 AT 12 UTC: 11.2S / 64.7E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2008/10/20 AT 00 UTC: 12.2S / 63.3E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE CENTRE IS HARD TO LOCATE PRECISELY ON THE AVAILABLE SATELLITE IMAGERY, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE CLOSER TO THE THUNDERY ACTIVITY. STRONGEST WINDS ARE LOCATED FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECTORS. THEY HAVE BEEN CALIBRATED ACCORDING TO SATELLITE DATA. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK GLOBALLY SOUTHWESTWARDS AND INTENSIFY SLOWLY.