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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 26/11/20052006 1.A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (DIWA) 2.A POSITION 2006/03/08 AT 1800 UTC : WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF POINT 30.4S / 58.9E (THIRTY DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 3.0/4.0 /W 1.0/12 H 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 980 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 55 KT 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 330 SE: 600 SO: 500 NO: 270 50 KT NE: 060 SE: 120 SO: 120 NO: 060 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1006 HPA / 800 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: DEEP 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2006/03/09 06 UTC: 32.8S/61.2E, MAX WIND=055KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H: 2006/03/09 18 UTC: 35.6S/63.7E, MAX WIND=050KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 36H: 2006/03/10 06 UTC: 37.1S/67.9E, MAX WIND=050KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 48H: 2006/03/10 18 UTC: 40.9S/74.8E, MAX WIND=045KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 60H: 2006/03/11 06 UTC: 44.4S/82.3E, MAX WIND=045KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: "DIWA" ACCELERATES ON ITS SOUTHEASTWARDS TRACK. THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS GETTING DISORGANIZED BY AN INCREASING VERTICAL WINDSHEAR AND "DIWA" HAS BEGUN AN EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION.