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WTIO22 FMEE 130000
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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 13/01/2009 AT 0000 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 020/05 (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).

STORM WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 13/01/2009 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 5 (EX-DONGO) 988 HPA
POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 31.0S / 72.2E
(THIRTY ONE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY TWO DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC
MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 15 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 600 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND VERY HIGH TO HIGH SEAS UP TO 80 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 50 N M IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT.
GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEA WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEA WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 320 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE .
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2009/01/13 AT 12 UTC:
33.7S / 74.9E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL.
24H, VALID 2009/01/14 AT 00 UTC:
37.3S / 79.3E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
STRONGER WINDS EXTEND FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES, AND TO THE MOTION SPEED OF THE SYSTEM.
THEN DONGO IS EXPECTED TO TRACK RAPIDLY SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARDS TOWARDS THE MID-LATITUDES.

THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM.
PLEASE REFER TO THE GMDSS BULLETINS FQIO20 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.