FQAU24 AMMC 250800

IDY10250

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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 1100 UTC 25 MARCH 2025



PART 1 WARNINGS

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 3.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 4.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 12.



PART 2 SITUATION AT 0600 UTC

COLD FRONT [1] NEAR 50S156E 52S160E. FORECAST COLD FRONT [1] EAST OF

AREA BY

251200UTC.



LOW [1] 954HPA NEAR 64S153E AT 250600UTC, FORECAST LOW [1]1 955HPA

NEAR 65S158E

AT 251500UTC THEN EAST OF AREA.



COLD FRONT [2] NEAR 50S098E 53S100E TO LOW [2] 972PA NEAR 54S099E.

FORECAST

54S137E 56S141E TO LOW [2] 983HPA NEAR 59S139E AT 261200UTC.



COLD FRONT [3] FORECAST TO ENTER AREA FROM THE NORTH NEAR 50S102E TO

LOW [3]

993HPA NEAR 51S104E AT 260600UTC, NEAR 36S084E 45S100E TO LOW [3]

997HPA NEAR

51S109E AT 261200UTC.



TROUGH [3] FORECAST TO ENTER THE AREA FROM THE WEST NEAR 52S068E

58S079E FROM

251800UTC, NEAR 50S091E 61S096E AT 261200UTC.



PART 3 FORECAST

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS.



WHOLE AREA, OUTSIDE WARNING AREAS:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WITHIN 480NM

EAST OF

COLD FRONT [2], BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY WEST OF TROUGH, AND TENDING

CLOCKWISE

WITHIN 300NM OF LOW [2] AND [3], AND 480NM OF LOW [1]. WINDS SPEEDS

25/33

KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL, DECREASING

TO

MODERATE SWELL SOUTH OF LINE 55S080E 56S129E 65S147E.



RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY

WITHIN 120NM OF

FRONTS, 240NM OF TROUGH, WITHIN 360NM OF LOWS [2] AND [3], AND 480NM

OF LOW

[1]. VISIBILITY REDUCING BELOW 2NM IN PRECIPITATION.



PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 65S080E 65S090E 65S100E 65S110E 65S120E 65S130E 64S140E

64S150E

65S160E.



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 20:00 UTC TUESDAY.=