WTIO24 FMEE 242358 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 25/02/2025 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/11 (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 25/02/2025 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER 11 998 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.9 S / 38.3 E (TWENTY ONE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY EIGHT DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO A 210 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 190 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 220 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2025/02/25 AT 12 UTC: 22.4 S / 38.1 E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROPICAL DEPRESSION 28 KT NE: 145 NM SE: 155 NM SW: 0 NM NW: 65 NM 24H, VALID 2025/02/26 AT 00 UTC: 23.0 S / 38.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 28 KT NE: 195 NM SE: 155 NM SW: 110 NM NW: 90 NM 34 KT NE: 80 NM SE: 85 NM SW: 50 NM NW: 40 NM OTHER INFORMATION: NIL.=