WTIO24 FMEE 161854 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/01/2015 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 011/6 (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 HECTOPASCAL (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 16/01/2015 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: INLAND 6 (EX-CHEDZA) 0 POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 20.5 S / 44.9 E (TWENTY DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY FOUR DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 12 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, ONLY OVERSEAS IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CERCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, ONLY OVERSEAS IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CERCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2015/01/17 AT 06 UTC: 21.6 S / 47.9 E, MAX WIND = 0 , INLAND 24H, VALID 2015/01/17 AT 18 UTC: 21.8 S / 50.3 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION OTHER INFORMATIONS: NIL=