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WTIO22 FMEE 211200 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/01/2009 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 016/06 (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 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ERIC) 997 HPA POSITION: 29.2S / 52.4E (TWENTY NINE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY TWO DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 27 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 280 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM FROM THE CENTRE AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR , LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT, LOCALLY 40KT UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN QUADRANT. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/22 AT 00 UTC: 32.8S / 57.0E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2009/01/22 AT 12 UTC: 34.6S / 63.1E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE RESIDUAL LOW OF ERIC IS EXPELLED TOWARDS THE SUBTROPICAL DOMAIN AT INCREASING SPEED WHILE RECURVING SOUTHEASTWARD . WINDS REMAIN STRONG IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTOR DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SETTLED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SYSTEM AND WITH THE FAST MOVING SPEED OF THE METEOR.