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WTIO22 FMEE 091800 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/04/2009 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 023/12 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 09/04/2009 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 12 (EX-JADE) 997 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.7S / 50.6E (TWENTY TWO DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT . NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND LOCALLY REACHING GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/04/10 AT 06 UTC: 23.5S / 51.5E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2009/04/10 AT 18 UTC: 24.4S / 52.7E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM HAS TRACK SLOWLY SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEPS ON TRACKING GLOBALLY SOUTHEASTWARDS SPEEDING UP TOWARDS A POLAR TROUGH WHICH WILL PROGRESSIVELY TAKING PLACE OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE BELT. STRONGER WINDS ARE NOW LOCATED AT MORE THAN 30MN FROM THE LLCC. WINDS REACH LOCALLY THE GALE FORCE IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. WINDS COULD STRENGHTEN AGAIN THEN AND AFTER 24HOURS AS THE LOW MERGE WITH THE POLAR TROUGH.