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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 51/8/20052006 1.A EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 8 (EX-BOLOETSE) 2.A POSITION 2006/02/06 AT 0000 UTC : WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 33.5S / 51.8E (THIRTY THREE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY ONE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : / 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 985 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 55 KT 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 350 SE: 210 SO: 260 NO: 260 50 KT NE: 130 SE: 090 SO: 130 NO: 110 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1008 HPA / 700 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: MEDIUM 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2006/02/06 12 UTC: 36.3S/58.2E, MAX WIND=050KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H: 2006/02/07 00 UTC: 39.9S/65.2E, MAX WIND=050KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 36H: 2006/02/07 12 UTC: 43.1S/73.0E, MAX WIND=040KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 48H: 2006/02/08 00 UTC: 44.0S/80.8E, MAX WIND=035KT, DISSIPATING. 60H: 2006/02/08 12 UTC: DISSIPATED. 72H: 2006/02/09 00 UTC: DISSIPATED. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM HAS MADE ITS EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION. STRONGEST WINDS EXISTS FAR FROM THE CENTER MAINLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SYSTEM DUE TO ITS OWN SPEED (CF LAST QUIKSCAT SWAT AT 1428UTC). LOCATED BETWEEN A HIGH CENTRED OVER MASCARENES ISLANDS AND A POLAR TROUGH, THE SYSTEM HAS ACCELERATED SOUTHEASTWARDS AND EVACUATES TOWARDS EXTRATROPICAL LATITUDES.