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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 29/12/20072008 1.A TROPICAL CYCLONE 12 (JOKWE) 2.A POSITION 2008/03/11 AT 1800 UTC : 25.2S / 41.6E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY ONE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 4.0/4.5 /W 1.0/12 H 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 965 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 70 KT 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 200 SE: 300 SO: 250 NO: 150 50 KT NE: 060 SE: 060 SO: 060 NO: 060 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1008 HPA / 500 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: DEEP 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2008/03/12 06 UTC: 26.1S/41.1E, MAX WIND=060KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H: 2008/03/12 18 UTC: 26.3S/40.5E, MAX WIND=050KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 36H: 2008/03/13 06 UTC: 26.2S/40.1E, MAX WIND=050KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 48H: 2008/03/13 18 UTC: 25.8S/40.0E, MAX WIND=050KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 60H: 2008/03/14 06 UTC: 25.4S/40.0E, MAX WIND=065KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 72H: 2008/03/14 18 UTC: 24.8S/40.0E, MAX WIND=065KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: T=4.0+ CI=4.5 SYSTEM IS WEAKENING UNDERGOING A WESTERLY VERTICAL WINDSHEAR. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON WEAKENING WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARDS THEN WESTWARDS. BEYOND 36 TO 48 HOURS, UNDERGOING A REBUILDING MID-LEVEL RIDGE IN ITS SOUTH AND A WEAKENED VERTICAL WINDSHEAR, SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO RECURVE NORTHWESTWARDS AND SHOULD RE-INTENSIFY.