WOAU46 AMMC 170616

IDY21050

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0616UTC 17 APRIL 2025



GALE WARNING 6 FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 0600UTC

VIGOROUS NORTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW 980HPA

FORECAST

NEAR 64S139E AT 171200UTC, LOW 973HPA NEAR 65S147E AT 171800UTC, LOW

965HPA

NEAR 66S155E AT 180000UTC, AND THEN FURTHER SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 59S146E 63S125E 65S128E 65S160E 60S160E 59S146E.



FORECAST

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS DEVELOPING FROM 171200UTC

WITHIN 420NM

OF LOW IN THE NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE. 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 1300 UTC 17 APRIL 2025=