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SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0001UTC 9 MAY 2025



STORM FORCE WIND WARNING 9 FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 0000UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT NEAR 47S089E 52S088E TO

LOW 968HPA

NEAR 54S080E. FORECAST DECAYING COLD FRONT NEAR 51S096E 54S093E TO

LOW 968HPA

NEAR 54S086E AT 090600UTC, JUST LOW 973HPA NEAR 55S090E AT 091200UTC,

LOW

976HPA NEAR 56S096E AT 091800UTC, AND LOW 978HPA NEAR 57S101E AT

100000UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 45S080E 47S089E 50S094E 53S104E 55S104E 54S080E 45S080E.



FORECAST

NORTHERLY QUARTER WINDS WITHIN 120NM EAST OF FRONT, SHIFTING WESTERLY

QUARTER

WITHIN 240NM WEST OF FRONT. WIND SPEED 30/40 KNOTS ASSOCIATED WITH

COLD FRONT.

CLOCKWISE WINDS 35/45 KNOTS DEVELOPING WITHIN 360NM OF LOW IN

NORTHERN

SEMICIRCLE, INCREASING TO 40/50 KNOTS WITHIN 120NM OF LOW IN NORTHERN

SEMICIRCLE UNTIL 091200UTC. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, RISING TO VERY

ROUGH TO

HIGH IN STORM FORCE WINDS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL.



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.





THE NEXT ALERT WILL BE ISSUED BY 0700 UTC 09 MAY 2025=