WOAU60 AMMC 210541

IDY21091

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SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0541UTC 21 NOVEMBER 2024



GALE WARNING FOR WESTERN AREA



SITUATION AT 0600UTC

VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW, INITIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL WESTERLY

FLOW THEN

WITH COLD FRONT NEAR 45S076E 49S082E 51S080E AT 220000UTC AND THEN

NEAR 45S086E

49S090E 51S087E AT 220600UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 44S080E 44S095E 50S096E 50S080E 44S080E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS THROUGHOUT THE AFFECTED AREA

BECOMING

NORTHWESTERLY WITHIN 180NM EAST OF COLD FRONT THEN SHIFTING WESTERLY

QUARTER

WEST OF COLD FRONT. 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 1200 UTC 21 NOVEMBER 2024=