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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 49/8/20052006 1.A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8 (BOLOETSE) 2.A POSITION 2006/02/05 AT 1200 UTC : 30.4S / 47.9E (THIRTY DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY SEVEN DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 3.0/4.0 /W 1.5/24 H 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 975 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 55 KT 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 250 SE: 450 SO: 200 NO: 200 50 KT NE: 050 SE: 080 SO: 060 NO: 050 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1008 HPA / 800 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: MEDIUM 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2006/02/06 00 UTC: 32.8S/51.2E, MAX WIND=050KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H: 2006/02/06 12 UTC: 35.0S/55.5E, MAX WIND=050KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 36H: 2006/02/07 00 UTC: 37.0S/60.5E, MAX WIND=045KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 48H: 2006/02/07 12 UTC: 39.0S/66.0E, MAX WIND=045KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 60H: 2006/02/08 00 UTC: 40.2S/72.0E, MAX WIND=040KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 72H: 2006/02/08 12 UTC: 40.8S/78.0E, MAX WIND=040KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. LOCATED BETWEEN A HIGH CENTRED OVER MASCARENES ISLANDS AND A POLAR TROUGH, THE SYSTEM HAS ACCELERATED SOUTHEASTWARDS AND EVACUATES TOWARDS EXTRATROPICAL LATITUDES.