WTIO22 FMEE 230000 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 23/04/2022 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/12 (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 HECTOPASCAL (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 23/04/2022 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 12 1003 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.3 S / 41.6 E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY ONE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN 80 NM FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN SEMI-CERCLE NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2022/04/23 AT 12 UTC: 15.2 S / 40.7 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 28 KT NE: 0 NM SE: 115 NM SW: 80 NM NW: 0 NM 34 KT NE: 0 NM SE: 50 NM SW: 55 NM NW: 0 NM 24H, VALID 2022/04/24 AT 00 UTC: 16.7 S / 40.1 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 28 KT NE: 50 NM SE: 115 NM SW: 80 NM NW: 0 NM 34 KT NE: 20 NM SE: 50 NM SW: 55 NM NW: 0 NM OTHER INFORMATION: NIL.=