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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 14/4/20082009 1.A MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 4 (CINDA) 2.A POSITION 2008/12/19 AT 0600 UTC : 13.4S / 65.3E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY FIVE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) MOVEMENT : WEST-SOUTH-WEST 5 KT 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 3.0/3.0 /S 0.0/12 H 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 990 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 40 KT RADIUS OF MAXIMUM WINDS (RMW) : 20 KM 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 060 SE: 230 SO: 200 NO: 060 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1008 HPA 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: DEEP 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2008/12/19 18 UTC: 14.1S/63.7E, MAX WIND=045KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H: 2008/12/20 06 UTC: 14.5S/62.6E, MAX WIND=040KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 36H: 2008/12/20 18 UTC: 15.2S/61.5E, MAX WIND=040KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 48H: 2008/12/21 06 UTC: 15.5S/60.8E, MAX WIND=035KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 60H: 2008/12/21 18 UTC: 15.8S/60.3E, MAX WIND=030KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 72H: 2008/12/22 06 UTC: 16.3S/60.0E, MAX WIND=030KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: T=3.0, CI=3.0 NORTHERLY VERTICAL WINDSHEAR STILL EXISTS BUT HAS WEAKENED AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAS MOVED AWAY NORTHWARDS. A NEW CLUSTER OF DEEP CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE CENTER. CINDA HAS TEMPORARELY STOPPED TO WEAKEN. LOW LEVEL EQUATORWARD INFLOW IS NOT ESTABLISHED AND MOISTURE SUPPLY IS NOT SUFFICIENT. THE SYSTEM IS NOW STEERED BY A THE LOW LEVELS STEERING FLOWS AND TRACKS SOUTHWESTWARDS. WITHIN 48H, SYSTEM COULD RECURVE SOUTHWARDS OR SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARDS AS IT UNDERGOES A REBUILDING MID-LEVEL RIDGE IN ITS SOUTHWEST AND ALSO A WEAKNESS IN THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES BELT. WINDS EXTENSION HAS BEEN RECALIBRATED THANKS TO 19/0137Z QUIKSCAT SWATH.