WOAU45 AMMC 172356

IDY21040

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



GALE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 0000UTC

VIGOROUS EASTERLY FLOW ASSOCIATED LOW 966HPA NEAR 59S115E. FORECAST

LOW 962HPA

NEAR 61S113E AT 180600UTC, LOW 960HPA NEAR 62S113E AT 181200UTC, LOW

961HPA

NEAR 64S110E AT 181800UTC, AND WEAKENING THEREAFTER.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 61S126E 65S135E 65S108E 62S109E 61S126E.



FORECAST

EASTERLY WINDS 30/40 KNOTS IN SOUTHERN SEMICIRCLE OF LOW, WINDS

EASING BELOW 34

KNOTS AFTER 181800UTC ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH

SEAS.

MODERATE 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=