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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 1/7/20052006 1.A ZONE OF DISTURBED WEATHER 7 2.A POSITION 2006/01/03 AT 1800 UTC : WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.2S / 37.8E (TWENTY ONE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY SEVEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 1.5/1.5 /S 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 1004 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 20 KT 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1008 HPA / 700 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: MEDIUM 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2006/01/04 06 UTC: 22.5S/36.5E, MAX WIND=025KT . 24H: 2006/01/04 18 UTC: 23.7S/35.0E OVERLAND. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: T=CI=1.5 THE LOW LEVEL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED, CONVECTION IS FLUCTUATING AND DOES NOT CONSOLIDATE. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS IN THE PERIPHERY OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH, AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MOZAMBICAN COASTLINE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IN THE VICINITY OF THE CITY OF INHAMBANE. THIS AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER CAN CAUSE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A 300 KM TO 500 KM RADIUS OF THE CENTER.