WOAU49 AMMC 090601

IDY21080

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SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0600UTC 9 MAY 2025



GALE WARNING 9 FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 0600UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT NEAR 51S096E 54S093E TO

LOW 968HPA

NEAR 54S086E. FORECAST JUST LOW 973HPA NEAR 55S090E AT 091200UTC, LOW

976HPA

NEAR 56S096E AT 091800UTC, LOW 978HPA NEAR 57S101E AT 100000UTC, AND

LOW 979HPA

NEAR 57S106E AT 100600UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 49S080E 47S088E 49S091E 53S106E 56S106E 54S080E 49S080E.



FORECAST

NORTHERLY QUARTER WINDS WITHIN 120NM EAST OF COLD FRONT, SHIFTING

WESTERLY

QUARTER WITHIN 240NM WEST OF FRONT. WIND SPEED 30/40 KNOTS ASSOCIATED

WITH COLD

FRONT UNTIL 091200UTC. CLOCKWISE WINDS 35/45 KNOTS DEVELOPING WITHIN

360NM OF

LOW IN NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, RISING TO HIGH

WITHIN

360NM OF LOW. 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 09 MAY 2025=