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WTIO22 FMEE 081800 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 08/02/2009 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 029/08 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 08/02/2009 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8 (GAEL) 955 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.1S / 53.8E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY THREE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 12 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 450 NM IN THE EASTERN QUADRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/80 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT EXTENDING UP TO 80 MN IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT , UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT , UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 230 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 160 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT, EXTENDING UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/02/09 AT 06 UTC: 27.5S / 55.4E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2009/02/09 AT 18 UTC: 29.8S / 57.4E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: GAEL UNDERGOES LESS FAVORABLE CONDITIONS AT UPPER LEVELS AND BEGINS TO WEAKEN. IT IS GOING TO KEEP ON TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARDS AND WEAKEN WITHIN A LESS AND LESS FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT.