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WTIO22 FMEE 100600 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/04/2009 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 025/12 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 10/04/2009 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 12 (JADE) 991 HPA POSITION: 23.7S / 52.3E (TWENTY THREE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY TWO DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 450 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE . GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT, 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND 100 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/04/10 AT 18 UTC: 25.1S / 53.9E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2009/04/11 AT 06 UTC: 28.5S / 56.3E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM HAS REINTENSIFIED OVER LAST NIGHT. DURING THE COMING NIGHT, JADE SHOULD ACCELERATE SOUTHEASTWARDS AND BEGIN TO EVACUATE TOWARDS THE EXTRATROPICAL LATITUDES. WINDS EXTENSION IS CALBRATED THANKS TO RECENT SATELLITE DATA.