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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 44/11/20072008 1.A OVERLAND DEPRESSION 11 (EX-IVAN) 2.A POSITION 2008/02/18 AT 0000 UTC : 17.7S / 47.0E (SEVENTEEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY SEVEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : /W 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 200 SE: 300 SO: 150 NO: 150 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1000 HPA 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: MEDIUM 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2008/02/18 12 UTC: 18.8S/45.3E OVERLAND. 24H: 2008/02/19 00 UTC: 19.8S/44.3E, MAX WIND=015KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 36H: 2008/02/19 12 UTC: 20.5S/43.7E, MAX WIND=020KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 48H: 2008/02/20 00 UTC: 21.1S/43.1E, MAX WIND=020KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 60H: 2008/02/20 12 UTC: 21.6S/42.7E, MAX WIND=025KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 72H: 2008/02/21 00 UTC: 21.9S/42.2E, MAX WIND=025KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: IVAN SHOULD THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE UP TO TAU 12/24H. BEYOND, THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL AND SLOW DOWN AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WEAKENS AND THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMES RATHER "WEAK". ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE FAVORABLE TO PROGRESSIVE REINTENSIFICTION OVER THE WARM SST OF THE CHANEL. AVAILABLE OBJECTIVE AIDS AGREE WITH THIS SCENARIO, BUT THE TIMING IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE SYSTEM BEING BACK OVER WATER.