WTIO22 FMEE 261257 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 26/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 023/14 (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 HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 26/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER 14 (EX-LOLA) 1001 HPA POSITION: UNDETERMINED AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: HEAVY RAINS AREA NEAR THE EASTERN COAST OF MAURITIUS BETWEEN 19S AND 22S AND BETWEEN 58E AND 61E MOVING SOUTHEASTWARDS CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/20 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS UNDER THE AREA BETWEEN MAURITIUS, SAINT-BRANDON, TROMELIN REACHING VERY LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS UNDER THE AREA OF STRONG CONVECTION. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/27 AT 00 UTC: DISSIPATED. 24H, VALID 2008/03/27 AT 12 UTC: DISSIPATED. OTHER INFORMATIONS: LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOW A VERY ILL-DEFINED SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE LLCC (A SMALL CIRCULATION IS VISIBLE NEAR 16.3S/57.3E, ANOTHER ONE NEAR 17.7S/56.5E). A THIRD ONE, ALTHOUGHT IS NOT CLEARLY SEEN, COULD BE CENTRED NEAR 18.3S AND 58.9E. CONSEQUENTLY, THIS SYSTEM IS DOWNGRADED TO A DISTURBED WEATHER AREA AND THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ON THIS SYSTEM. HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS CONCERNED MARITIUS ISLAND IS CURRENTLY EASED OFF AS THE CLOUD MASS IS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARDS .