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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)

0.A WARNING NUMBER : 32/8/20072008
1.A TROPICAL DEPRESSION 8 (EX-FAME)

2.A POSITION 2008/02/01 AT 1200 UTC :
WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.8S / 57.8E
(TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST)

3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 1.5/2.0 /W
4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 998 HPA
5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 30 KT

6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM):
30 KT NE: 200 SE: 300 SO: NO:

7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1000 HPA / 500 KM
8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: MEDIUM

1.B FORECASTS:


2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS:
T=2.0, CI=2.5-
STRONG WINDS ARE MAINLY LOCATED WITHIN A BELT FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHEASTREN QUADRANT DUE TO THE SPEED OF DEPLACEMENT, AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT DUE TO THE GRADIANT.
THERE IS NO ORGANIZED ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTOM OR HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE SYSTEM IS MAKING A LOOP TOWARDS THE TROPICAL STORM GULA, WHICH IS TRACKING QUIKCLY SOUTHWARDS. IT SHOULD EVACUATE SOUTHWARDS RAPIDLY AND DISSIPATE IN THE TROUGH OF GULA.