WOAU41 AMMC 220015

IDY21000

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0015UTC 22 FEBRUARY 2025



GALE WARNING 1 FOR WESTERN, SOUTHEASTERN, AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 0000UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH LOW 981HPA NEAR 45S124E. FORECAST

979HPA NEAR

45S126E AT 220600UTC, 984HPA NEAR 45S129E AT 221200UTC THEN TROUGH

NEAR 39S137E

TO LOW 988HPA NEAR 47S131E AT 221800UTC AND THEN WEAKENING TO JUST

TROUGH NEAR

40S142E 48S133E AT 230000UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 40S141E 44S142E 51S125E 51S118E 44S114E 37S122E 38S134E

40S141E.



FORECAST

CLOCKWISE WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 420NM OF LOW IN THE NORTHWEST

SEMICIRCLE,

BECOMING WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS WITHIN 420NM WEST OF TROUGH FROM

221800UTC.

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 0700 UTC 22 FEBRUARY 2025=