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WTIO22 FMEE 100600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/02/2009 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 35/8 (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). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 10/02/2009 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 8 (EX-GAEL) 980 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 32.2S / 61.9E (THIRTY TWO DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY ONE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 13 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 600 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT, AND UP TO 115 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 170 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 280 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER , EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/02/10 AT 18 UTC: 32.7S / 63.5E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2009/02/11 AT 06 UTC: 33.4S / 64.8E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: GAEL HAS MADE ITS EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION. SYSTEM MOVES NOW EAST-SOUTHEASTWARDS BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TRACK SLOWLIER DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS DUE TO THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES IN THE SOUTH OF THE SYSTEM. LAST WARNINGS ON THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE REFER TO THE GMDSS BULLETINS FQIO20 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.