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WTIO24 FMEE 090000 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/04/2009 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 020/12 (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). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 09/04/2009 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 12 (JADE) 995 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.6S / 49.8E (TWENTY TWO DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 300 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER MAINLY IUN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/04/09 AT 12 UTC: 23.7S / 50.2E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2009/04/10 AT 00 UTC: 25.0S / 50.9E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS NOW TRACKING SLOWLY SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARDS. THE NORTHWESTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR HAS CLEARLY INCREASED, CONVECTION IS SWEPT IN THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CIRCULATION, AND THE LOW LEVEL CENTER IS NOW VISIBLE ON THE NORHWESTERN EDGE OF THE CONVECTION. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GO ON WEAKENING UNDERGOING THIS STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR, TRACKING OVER COOLER SST, THEN EVACUATE WITH THE NEXT TROUGH UP TO TAU 48.