WOAU43 AMMC 172356

IDY21020

40:2:1:04:70S075E25090:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 2356UTC 17 JANUARY 2025



FINAL GALE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 0000UTC

VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW EASING.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 57S160E 60S160E 60S153E 57S160E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS. WINDS EASING BELOW 34 KNOTS

THROUGHOUT THE

AFFECTED AREA BY 180600UTC. 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 18 JANUARY 2025=