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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 2300 UTC 8 MAY 2025



PART 1 WARNINGS

MELBOURNE FINAL GALE WARNING 6.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 8.

MELBOURNE STORM FORCE WIND WARNING 9.

MELBOURNE STORM FORCE WIND WARNING 10.



PART 2 SITUATION AT 1800 UTC

LOW [1] 936HPA NEAR 63S132E. FORECAST LOW [1] 950HPA NEAR 62S144E AT

091200UTC,

THEN LOW [1] 957HPA NEAR 62S156E AT 100000UTC.



COLD FRONT 50S130E 60S147E TO WARM FRONT 64S144E 62S151E 51S152E.

FORECAST COLD

FRONT 50S140E 56S156E TO WARM FRONT EXITING AREA TO EAST NEAR 63S155E

60S161E

51S161E AT 090600UTC, THEN COLD FRONT EXITING AREA TO EAST NEAR

50S155E 56S162E

AT 091500UTC.



TROUGH NEAR 50S081E 53S079E. FORECAST TROUGH 50S089E 53S086E TO LOW

[2] 968HPA

ENTERING AREA FROM WEST NEAR 54S080E AT 090000UTC, THEN TROUGH

50S121E 57S108E

TO LOW [2] 977HPA NEAR 57S102E AT 100000UTC.



PART 3 FORECAST

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS.



SOUTH OF LINE 56S080E 65S127E:

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

SWELL.



REMAINDER, OUTSIDE WARNING AREAS:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER BETWEEN FRONTS,

AND

SHIFTING NORTHERLY QUARTER EAST OF WARM FRONT AND WITHIN 240NM EAST

OF TROUGH.

WINDS TURNING CLOCKWISE WITHIN 420NM OF LOW [1] AND WITHIN 360NM OF

LOW [2].

WIND SPEEDS 25/33 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY

SWELL.



RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY

WITHIN 300NM OF

TROUGH, FRONTS AND LOWS. VISIBILITY REDUCING BELOW 2NM IN

PRECIPITATION.



PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 65S080E 63S090E 65S110E 64S140E 65S150E 61S160E



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 09:00 UTC FRIDAY.=