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WTIO24 FMEE 220600 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 22/01/2009 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 017/07 (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: THURSDAY 22/01/2009 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 7 (EX-FANELE) 997 HPA POSITION: 24.4S / 49.1E (TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 12 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 160 IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/22 AT 18 UTC: 25.9S / 50.3E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2009/01/23 AT 06 UTC: 27.5S / 51.7E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM IS BACK OVER SEA SOUTH EAST OF MADAGASCAR AND HAS SLIGHTLY REINTENSIFIED. IT COULD REACH THE MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARDS. THE STRONGER WINDS EXTEND FAR IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES AND IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE OWN MOTION OF THE SYSTEM.