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WTIO22 FMEE 091200 CCA *************** CORRECTIVE ************** PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/02/2009 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 032/08 (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: MONDAY 09/02/2009 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8 (GAEL) 965 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 29.5S / 57.5E (TWENTY NINE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 19 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 90 MN IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 180 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER , EXTENDING UP TO 430 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/02/10 AT 00 UTC: 31.0S / 59.0E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2009/02/10 AT 12 UTC: 32.0S / 60.6E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: GAEL HAS WEAKEN RAPIDLY UNDER THE EFFECT OF A STRONG NORTH-WESTERLY UPPER LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND ITS ARRIVAL OVER COOLER SEAS (24.5°C). CONVECTION INTENSITY AND EXTENSION HAVE WEAKEN DEEPLY THIS LAST HOURS . IT MOVES NOW SOUTH-EAST-WARDS IN THE SUB-TROPICAL DOMAIN BUT IT REMAINS TROPICAL FEATURES WITH STRONGER WINDS CLOSE TO THE LOW LEVEL CENTER. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS BECAUSE OF THE SUB-TROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SYSTEM.