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*************** CORRECTIVE ************** RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 34/10/20072008 1.A FILLING DEPRESSION 10 (EX-HONDO) 2.A POSITION 2008/02/12 AT 1200 UTC : 24.3S / 84.8E (TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY FOUR DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : / 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 1000 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): 1007 HPA / 900 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: SHALLOW 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2008/02/13 00 UTC: 23.5S/83.2E, MAX WIND=025KT , FILLING UP. 24H: 2008/02/13 12 UTC: 22.7S/81.9E, MAX WIND=025KT , FILLING UP. 36H: 2008/02/14 00 UTC: 22.0S/80.7E, MAX WIND=025KT , FILLING UP. 48H: 2008/02/14 12 UTC: 21.6S/79.7E, MAX WIND=020KT , FILLING UP. 60H: 2008/02/15 00 UTC: 21.6S/78.9E, MAX WIND=015KT , DISSIPATING. 72H: 2008/02/15 12 UTC: DISSIPATED. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: HONDO'S CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION REMAINS RATHER WELL DEFINED, FULLY EXPOSED IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE VERY RESIDUAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. HONDO HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARDS OVER THE LAST HOURS, ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE BUILDING SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. THIS IS THE LAST WARNING RELATED TO THIS SYSTEM, WHICH REMAINS CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION.