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WTIO20 FMEE 191200 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 19/10/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 013/02 (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 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 19/10/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.0S / 64.0E (ELEVEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY FOUR DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 11 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, MAINLY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMI-CERCLE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 300 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE, AND UP TO 500 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 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 100NM AND 250NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/10/20 AT 00 UTC: 12.1S / 62.4E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2008/10/20 AT 12 UTC: 12.5S / 61.2E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE CENTRE IS CLOSER TO THE THUNDERY ACTIVITY, BUT DEEP CONVECTION REAMAINS YET POORLY ORGANIZED STRONGEST WINDS ARE LOCATED FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRLE MAINLY. THEY HAVE BEEN CALIBRATED ACCORDING TO SATELLITE DATA. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK GLOBALLY SOUTHWESTWARDS AND INTENSIFY VERY SLOWLY.