WOAU61 AMMC 210543

IDY21092

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0543UTC 21 NOVEMBER 2024



GALE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 0600UTC

VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH NEAR NEAR 55S097E TO

LOW 951HPA

NEAR 61S093E AT 210600UTC. FORECAST JUST LOW 949HPA NEAR 63S092E AT

211200UTC

AND THEN LOW 948HPA NEAR 64S090E AT 211800UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 55S090E 63S089E 60S100E 54S098E 55S090E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 300NM WEST OF TROUGH AND

WITHIN 360NM

OF LOW IN THE NORTHERN QUARTER. WINDS EASING BELOW 34 KNOTS

THROUGHOUT THE

AFFECTED AREA BY 211800UTC. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO

HEAVY SWELL.





SEE ALSO MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 9 AND MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 11.



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=