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WTIO22 FMEE 230000 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 23/01/2009 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 020/07 (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). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 23/01/2009 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 7 (EX-FANELE) 995 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 27.8S / 51.8E (TWENTY SEVEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY ONE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 15 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 360 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35KT TO LOCALLY 40 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS UP TO 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 65 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 230 NM IN THE SOUTHTHERN SEMI CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/23 AT 12 UTC: 30.1S / 53.1E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2009/01/24 AT 00 UTC: 31.8S / 54.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM HAS OBTAINED SOME EXTRATROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. WINDS ARE WEAK WITHIN A QUITE WIDE AREA (40 TO 50 NM DIAMETER) SURROUNDED BY A CROWN OF STRONG WINDS. WINDS SHOULD PROGRESSIVELY WEAKEN. 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.