WTIO24 FMEE 281217 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 28/01/2025 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 009/6 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 28/01/2025 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 6 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.3 S / 42.5 E (TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY TWO DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 270 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2025/01/29 AT 00 UTC: 25.1 S / 42.3 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 28 KT NE: 55 NM SE: 185 NM SW: 245 NM NW: 75 NM 34 KT NE: 40 NM SE: 100 NM SW: 60 NM NW: 35 NM 24H, VALID 2025/01/29 AT 12 UTC: 25.0 S / 42.6 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 28 KT NE: 55 NM SE: 120 NM SW: 245 NM NW: 50 NM 34 KT NE: 40 NM SE: 60 NM SW: 60 NM NW: 0 NM OTHER INFORMATION: NIL=