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WTIO22 FMEE 210600 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/01/2009 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 15/6 (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 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ERIC) 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.4S / 50.5E (TWENTY SEVEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 16 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 280 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE WESTERN SECTOR AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR , LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT, LOCALLY 40KT IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/21 AT 18 UTC: 30.8S / 53.3E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2009/01/22 AT 06 UTC: 33.1S / 58.0E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE RESIDUAL LOW OF ERIC WILL SOON BE EXPELLED TOWARDS THE SUBTROPICAL DOMAIN AT INCREASING SPEED WHILE RECURVING SOUTHEASTWARD . WINDS REMAIN STRONG IN THE EASTERN SECTOR DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SETTLED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE SYSTEM AND WITH THE FAST MOVING SPEED OF THE METEOR.