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*************** CORRECTIVE ************** RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 20/11/20062007 1.A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (HUMBA) 2.A POSITION 2007/02/26 AT 0000 UTC : 21.8S / 77.6E (TWENTY ONE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY SEVEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 3.5/4.0 /W 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 974 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 60 KT 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 250 SE: 450 SO: 300 NO: 250 50 KT NE: 050 SE: 080 SO: 080 NO: 050 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1000 HPA 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: DEEP 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2007/02/26 12 UTC: 23.4S/77.6E, MAX WIND=055KT , SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H: 2007/02/27 00 UTC: 25.0S/77.6E, MAX WIND=050KT , SEVERE TROP. STORM. 36H: 2007/02/27 12 UTC: 26.7S/77.6E, MAX WIND=045KT , MODERATE TROP. STORM. 48H: 2007/02/28 00 UTC: 27.8S/75.4E, MAX WIND=040KT , MODERATE TROP. STORM. 60H: 2007/02/28 12 UTC: 28.6S/74.0E, MAX WIND=035KT , MODERATE TROP. STORM. 72H: 2007/03/01 00 UTC: 31.0S/73.5E, MAX WIND=030KT , TROP. DEPRESSION. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: T=3.5 ; CI=4.0+ "HUMBA" SLIGHTLY WEAKENED DURING THE DAY, UNDERGOING AN INCREASING NORTH NORTH-WESTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. "HUMBA" IS A SMALL SIZE SYSTEM AND SEEMS TO HAVE DISORGANIZED RAPIDLY UNDER A NORTHERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING MAINLY SOUTHWARDS IN A SHEARED ENVIRONMENT AND THUS TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY, THEN MORE WESTWARDS FOR THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION ONCE SHEARED.