WOAU44 AMMC 251200

IDY21030

40:2:1:04:70S075E35060:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 1200UTC 25 MARCH 2025



GALE WARNING 4 FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 1200UTC

VIGOROUS NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT NEAR 46S088E

49S092E.

FORECAST NEAR 48S096E 51S100E AT 251800UTC, AND THEN NEAR 49S100E

51S102E AT

252100UTC THEN COLD FRONT WEAKENING AFTERWARDS.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 46S090E 49S105E 51S104E 49S090E 46S090E.



FORECAST

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 120NM EAST OF COLD

FRONT. ROUGH

TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL.



SEE ALSO MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 5.



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 1900 UTC 25 MARCH 2025=