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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 55/7/20062007 1.A EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 7 (EX-DORA) 2.A POSITION 2007/02/10 AT 1800 UTC : 29.3S / 55.8E (TWENTY NINE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : / 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 995 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 50 KT 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 250 SE: 600 SO: 600 NO: 300 50 KT NE: 050 SE: 150 SO: 150 NO: 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1004 HPA / 1000 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: SHALLOW 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2007/02/11 06 UTC: 30.2S/54.4E, MAX WIND=050KT , EXTRATROPICAL. 24H: 2007/02/11 18 UTC: 31.4S/52.6E, MAX WIND=045KT , EXTRATROPICAL. 36H: 2007/02/12 06 UTC: 32.9S/50.9E, MAX WIND=040KT , EXTRATROPICAL. 48H: 2007/02/12 18 UTC: 35.7S/50.1E, MAX WIND=035KT , EXTRATROPICAL. 60H: 2007/02/13 06 UTC: 38.5S/50.4E, MAX WIND=035KT , EXTRATROPICAL. 72H: 2007/02/13 18 UTC: 41.3S/51.5E, MAX WIND=030KT , EXTRATROPICAL. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: STRONGEST WINDS EXTEND FAR FROM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES, THEN EVACUATE WITH THE NEXT TROUGH.