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WTIO22 FMEE 211800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/01/2009 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 017/06 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 21/01/2009 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 (EX-ERIC) 997 HPA POSITION: 30.7S / 54.8E (THIRTY DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 25 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM FROM THE CENTRE AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR , REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT, LOCALLY 50KT UP TO 150 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 06 UTC: 33.7S / 59.6E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2009/01/22 AT 18 UTC: 35.3S / 64.9E, MAX WIND = 40 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 COMBINED EFFECT OF GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SETTLED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SYSTEM AND THE FAST MOVING SPEED OF THE METEOR. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE REFER TO THE GMDSS BULLETINS FQIO20 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.