FQAU24 AMMC 172000

IDY10250

SECURITE



HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN METAREA 10

SOUTHERN AREA: 50S80E TO 50S160E TO ICE EDGE



ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

FOR 24 HOURS COMMENCING 2300 UTC 17 JANUARY 2025



PART 1 WARNINGS

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 3.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 4.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 5.



PART 2 SITUATION AT 1800 UTC

COLD FRONT 50S125E 53S123E TO LOW [1] 966HPA NEAR 56S116E TO WARM

FRONT 59S118E

59S130E 57S138E. FORECAST COLD FRONT 50S137E 56S140E 60S130E TO LOW

[1] 959HPA

NEAR 61S115E TO WARM FRONT 62S124E 61S136E AT 180900UTC. FORECAST

COLD FRONT

DECAYING THEREAFTER, AND JUST WARM FRONT 64S143E TO LOW [1] 952HPA

NEAR 64S110E

AT 190000UTC.



LOW [2] 984HPA NEAR 64S155E. FORECAST LOW [2] 988HPA NEAR 65S163E AT

180600UTC,

AND EAST OF THEREAFTER.



PART 3 FORECAST

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS.



EAST OF LINE 50S112E 65S089E, OUTSIDE WARNING AREAS:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS SHIFTING NORTHERLY QUARTER WITHIN 540NM EAST

OF COLD

FRONT, SHIFTING EASTERLY SOUTH OF WARM FRONT, AND TURNING CLOCKWISE

WITHIN

300NM OF LOW [2] AND WITHIN 420NM OF LOW [1]. WIND SPEEDS 20/33

KNOTS. ROUGH TO

VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL.



REMAINDER:

WINDS NOT EXCEEDING 25 KNOTS. MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS. LOW TO MODERATE

SWELL.



RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY

WITHIN 180NM OF

FRONTS AND WITHIN 240NM OF LOWS. VISIBILITY REDUCING BELOW 2NM IN

PRECIPITATION.



PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 64S080E 64S090E 63S097E 65S110E 64S130E 64S140E 63S150E

63S160E.



PLEASE BE AWARE

WIND AND WAVE FORECASTS ARE AVERAGES. WIND GUSTS CAN BE 40 PER CENT

STRONGER

THAN THE FORECAST, AND STRONGER STILL IN SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

MAXIMUM

WAVES CAN BE TWICE THE FORECAST HEIGHT.





WEATHER MELBOURNE



THE NEXT ROUTINE FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 08:00 UTC SATURDAY.=