Now an Intense Tropical Cyclone
RSMC / TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER / LA REUNION
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST WARNING (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)
0.A WARNING NUMBER: 9/2/20182019
1.A INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 2 (ALCIDE)
2.A POSITION 2018/11/08 AT 0600 UTC:
WITHIN 21 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.5 S / 54.1 E
(ELEVEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL ONE DEGREES
EAST)
MOVEMENT : WEST-SOUTH-WEST 7 KT
3.A DVORAK ANALYSIS: 5.5/5.5/D 0.5/6 H
4.A CENTRAL PRESSURE: 965 HPA
5.A MAX AVERAGE WIND SPEED (10 MN): 90 KT
RADIUS OF MAXIMUM WINDS (RMW) :19 KM
6.A EXTENSION OF WIND BY QUADRANTS (KM):
28 KT NE: 100 SE: 160 SW: 160 NW: 130
34 KT NE: 70 SE: 90 SW: 110 NW: 90
48 KT NE: 60 SE: 60 SW: 20 NW: 20
64 KT NE: 30 SE: 30 SW: 0 NW: 0
7.A FIRST CLOSED ISOBAR (PRESSURE / AVERAGE DIAM): 1011 HPA / 200 KM
8.A VERTICAL EXTENSION OF CYCLONE CIRCULATION : DEEP