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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 5/2/20062007 1.A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 2 2.A POSITION 2006/11/28 AT 1200 UTC : WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 9.7S / 44.3E (NINE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY FOUR DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 2.0/2.0 /S 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 1002 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 25 KT 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1008 HPA / 900 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: MEDIUM 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2006/11/29 00 UTC: 09.8S/43.2E, MAX WIND=025KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H: 2006/11/29 12 UTC: 10.1S/41.9E, MAX WIND=030KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 36H: 2006/11/30 00 UTC: 10.7S/41.2E, MAX WIND=035KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 48H: 2006/11/30 12 UTC: 12.2S/40.6E, MAX WIND=040KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 60H: 2006/12/01 00 UTC: 13.7S/40.2E OVERLAND. 72H: 2006/12/01 12 UTC: 14.8S/40.1E OVERLAND. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: T=2.0-. CI=2.0. THE LOW LEVEL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION BARELY ORGANIZES. ASSOCIATED CONVECTION LOOKS BETTER ORGANIZED, BUT SYSTEME ALWAYS SHOWS A SHEAR PATTERN. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS GOOD BUT THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR REMAINS MODERATE HOWEVER WINDSHEAR IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN. NEVERTHELESS, CONVECTION REMAINS SIGNIFICANT IN THE PERIPHERY NORTH TO 15S, FROM NORTHERN MADAGASCAR TO COMOROS AND AFRICAN COASTLINE.