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WTIO22 FMEE 231200 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 23/01/2009 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 022/07 (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: FRIDAY 23/01/2009 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 7 (EX-FANELE) 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 30.8S / 53.0E (THIRTY DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY THREE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 14 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 200NM IN THE WESTERN SECTOR AND UP TO 450 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN AND QUADRANT, AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/24 AT 00 UTC: 32.6S / 55.0E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2009/01/24 AT 12 UTC: 34.0S / 57.6E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: WINDS ARE WEAKER WITHIN QUITE A BROAD AREA (60 TO 80 NM DIAMETER) SURROUNDED BY A RING OF STRONGER WINDS. WINDS ARE CALIBRATED THANKS TO RECENT SATELLITE DATA. THE STRONGER WINDS EXTEND FAR IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE LLCC DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYTEM WHICH IS NOW MONITORED WITH THE GMDSS BULLETINS FQIO20.