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WTIO20 FMEE 080600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 08/03/2009 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 001/10 (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: SUNDAY 08/03/2009 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 10 1000 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.4S / 80.8E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 280 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20 KT AND MODERATE SEAS, LOCALLY REACHING 25 KT, EVEN NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS UP TO 150 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/03/08 AT 18 UTC: 15.0S / 81.6E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2009/03/09 AT 06 UTC: 16.3S / 83.7E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THUNDERY ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED IN THE VICINITY OF THE CENTRE OVER LAST NIGHT, BUT THIS SYSTEM BARELY INTENSIFIES. IT SHOULD GENERALLY TRACK SOUTHEASTWARDS FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS, VERY SLOWLY INTENSIFYING. BEYOND IT IS EXPECTED TO CURVE AND TRACK WESTWARDS.