WOAU19 AMMC 150618

IDY21080

40:2:1:04:70S125E35045:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0618UTC 15 APRIL 2025



GALE WARNING 9 FOR SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 0600UTC

VIGOROUS NORTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 49S144E 55S149E 61S160E 54S160E 49S144E.



FORECAST

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS FORECAST TO DEVELOP NORTH OF

54S BY

150900UTC, AND EXTENDING THROUGHOUT AREA BY 151500UTC. WINDS EASING

BELOW 34

KNOTS THROUGHOUT BY 160000UTC. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. 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 1300 UTC 15 APRIL 2025=