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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)
0.A WARNING NUMBER : 62/7/20062007
1.A EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 7 (EX-DORA)
2.A POSITION 2007/02/12 AT 1200 UTC :
36.0S / 49.4E
(THIRTY SIX DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST)
3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : /
4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 992 HPA
5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 40 KT
6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM):
30 KT NE: 300 SE: 400 SO: 300 NO: 050
7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM):
8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: SHALLOW
1.B FORECASTS:
12H: 2007/02/13 00 UTC: 39.9S/49.0E, MAX WIND=040KT, EXTRATROPICAL.
24H: 2007/02/13 12 UTC: 44.5S/51.2E, MAX WIND=040KT, EXTRATROPICAL.
36H: 2007/02/14 00 UTC: 48.5S/57.0E, MAX WIND=040KT, EXTRATROPICAL.
2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS:
VERY ASYMMETRICAL SYSTEM WITH STRONG WINDS EXTENDING FAR FROM THE CENTRE, MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE INNER SPEED (ACTUAL ACCELERATION) OF THE SYSTEM AND TO THE GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES.
"EX-DORA" IS TRACKING ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH BEFORE VEERING TOWARDS THE TROUGH.