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RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE / LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 0.A WARNING NUMBER : 9/6/20082009 1.A MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 6 (ERIC) 2.A POSITION 2009/01/19 AT 1800 UTC : 20.2S / 49.0E (TWENTY DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) MOVEMENT : SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 12 KT 3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS : 2.5/2.5 /S 0.0/12 H 4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE : 997 HPA 5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN) : 35 KT RADIUS OF MAXIMUM WINDS (RMW) : 20 KM 6.A EXTENSION OF WINDS BY QUADRANTS (KM): 30 KT NE: 150 SE: 180 SO: 050 NO: 050 7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBARE (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1009 HPA / 300 KM 8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION: MEDIUM 1.B FORECASTS: 12H: 2009/01/20 06 UTC: 22.2S/49.1E, MAX WIND=040KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H: 2009/01/20 18 UTC: 25.1S/49.2E, MAX WIND=040KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 36H: 2009/01/21 06 UTC: 28.3S/49.8E, MAX WIND=040KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 48H: 2009/01/21 18 UTC: 31.1S/52.8E, MAX WIND=040KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 60H: 2009/01/22 06 UTC: 33.3S/58.5E, MAX WIND=040KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 72H: 2009/01/22 18 UTC: 35.1S/65.8E, MAX WIND=040KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 2.B OTHER INFORMATIONS: T AND CI=2.5+ WINDS STRUCTURE IS ASYMMETRIC (GREATER WINDS EXTENSION IN THE EASTERN SEMI CIRCLE). SYSTEM HAS TRACKED SOUTHWARDS ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CENTRED IN THE EAST. BEYOND RANGE 36H, IT SHOULD TURN SOUTHEASTWARDS AND EVACUATE WITH THE TRANSITING TROUGH. THE SYSTEM CAN BENEFIT FROM AN INTENSIFICATION WINDOW UP TO RANGE 24 HOURS, AS THE WINDSHEAR SHOULD TEMPORARILY DECREASED AND AN UPPER TROUGH SHOULD IMPROVE THE POLEWARD OUTFLOW. NWP MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND THE FORECAST TRACK IS A CONSENSUS.