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WTIO20 FMEE 250600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 25/02/2009 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 017/09 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 25/02/2009 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 9 (EX-HINA) 1003 HPA POSITION: 22.0S / 69.8E (TWENTY TWO DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY NINE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 14 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND ALSO BETWEEN 300 NM AND 450 NM IN THE EASTERN QUADRANT WITHIN A PERIPHERAL BAND. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS REACHING LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS FROM 150 NM AND 250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/02/25 AT 18 UTC: 23.6S / 67.8E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2009/02/26 AT 06 UTC: 25.4S / 65.8E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM SHOULD INCURVE PROGRESSIVELY SOUTHWESTWARD THEN SOUTHWARDS WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICATIVE RE-INTENSIFICATION EXPECTED DUE TO UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. STRONG WINDS EXTEND FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR DUE TO THE SELF SPEED OF THE SYSTEM AND MAINLY THE GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THIS WARNING IS THE LAST ONE ABOUT THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REINTENSIFICATION.