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WTIO20 FMEE 090000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/03/2009 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 003/10 (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: MONDAY 09/03/2009 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 10 1000 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.5S / 84.2E (FIFTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY FOUR DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 450 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/03/09 AT 12 UTC: 16.6S / 85.4E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2009/03/10 AT 00 UTC: 17.9S / 86.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THIS SYSTEM BARELY INTENSIFIES. IT SHOULD GENERALLY TRACK SOUTHEASTWARDS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS, SLIGHTLY INTENSIFYING. BEYOND IT IS EXPECTED TO CURVE AND TRACK WESTWARDS. AT THIS STAGE, THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.