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WTIO24 FMEE 210000 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/01/2009 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 014/06 (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: WEDNESDAY 21/01/2009 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ERIC) 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.5S / 49.0E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. , AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS EXTEND UP TO 60 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT, LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT, LOCALLY 40KT, IN THE EASTERN SECTOR UP TO 60 MN FROM THE CENTRE, AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/21 AT 12 UTC: 28.1S / 50.9E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2009/01/22 AT 00 UTC: 30.7S / 54.5E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE RESIDUAL LOW OF ERIC WILL BE EXPELLED TOWARDS THE SUBTROPICAL DOMAIN AT INCREASING SPEED WHILE RECURVING SOUTHSOUTHEASTWARD BEYOND 12H RANGE, AND THEN SOUTHEASTWARDS. STRONGEST WINDS ARE LOCATED IN THE EASTERN SECTOR DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SETTLED TO THE EAST OF THE SYSTEM.