WOAU44 AMMC 172356

IDY21030

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 2356UTC 17 JANUARY 2025



STORM FORCE WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN, SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 0000UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT NEAR 45S131E 55S126E

60S115E. FORECAST

COLD FRONT 52S138E 57S130E 60S115E AT 180600UTC, 59S139E 61S131E

60S115E AT

181200UTC, 62S139E 63S124E AT 181800UTC, 64S119E 65S141E AT

190000UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 43S129E 50S138E 64S139E 60S110E 43S129E.



FORECAST

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS WEST AND NORTH OF COLD FRONT SHIFTING

NORTHEASTERLY

QUARTER EAST AND SOUTH OF COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS 35/47 KNOTS

INITIALLY WITHIN

300NM EAST OF FRONT AND 180NM WEST OF FRONT, SHIFTING TO WITHIN 360NM

EAST OF

FRONT AND WITHIN 420NM NORTH OF COLD FRONT FROM 180600UTC,

CONTRACTING TO

WITHIN 360NM NORTH OF COLD FRONT FROM 181800UTC. WINDS INCREASING TO

45/55

KNOTS WITHIN 60NM OF COLD FRONT FROM 180300UTC UNTIL 181200UTC. WINDS

EASING

BELOW 34 KNOTS BY 190000UTC.VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS RISING TO VERY

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 18 JANUARY 2025=