WOAU19 AMMC 290541

IDY21080

40:2:1:04:70S100E35060:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0541UTC 29 MAY 2025



STORM FORCE WIND WARNING 9 FOR SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 290600UTC

COLD FRONT NEAR 44S149E 50S159E 56S163E. FORECAST NEAR 43S148E

50S159E 56S163E

AT 290600UTC, NEAR 41S155E 45S162E 52S167E AT 291200UTC, THEN

CONTINUING EAST

OF AREA AFTERWARDS. VIGOROUS SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING FROM

291200UTC.



TROUGH NEAR 58S143E 55S138E. FORECAST NEAR 56S150E 52S146E AT

291200UTC, AND

NEAR 53S157E 49S153E AT 291800UTC THEN WEAKENING.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 42S162E 55S160E 60S138E 60S130E 52S126E 43S148E 42S162E.



FORECAST

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS WITHIN 180NM EAST OF COLD FRONT AND

SOUTHWESTERLY

QUARTER WINDS WITHIN 1040NM SOUTHWEST OF COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS

30/47 KNOTS.

WINDS INCREASING TO 40/50 KNOTS WITHIN 120NM OF TROUGH. COLD FRONT

MOVING EAST

OF AREA AT 291200UTC, WITH VIGOROUS SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REMAINING EAST

OF

42S157E 52S131E 60S141E. VIGOROUS SOUTHWESTERLY EXPANDING TO EAST OF

42S157E

52S129E 60S130E FROM 291800UTC. WINDS EASING BELOW 48 KNOTS

THROUGHOUT BY

291800UTC. WINDS CONTRACTING TO EAST OF 42S160E 49S141E 58S148E BY

300600UTC.

VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS, RISING TO VERY HIGH IN STORM FORCE WINDS.

MODERATE TO

HEAVY SWELL.



SEE ALSO MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 11.



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 29 MAY 2025=