Subject: Australia: High Seas Weather Warning For Metarea 10 Issued By The

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 10:39:16 -0600

WTAU05 APRF 051637
IDW23100
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SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10 ISSUED BY THE
AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING
CENTRE PERTH AT 1640UTC 5 FEBRUARY 2005
 
GALE WARNING FOR THE WESTERN AREA

PLEASE BE AWARE, WIND GUSTS CAN BE A FURTHER 40 PERCENT STRONGER THAN
 THE
AVERAGES GIVEN HERE, AND MAXIMUM WAVES MAY BE UP TO TWICE THE HEIGHT.

SITUATION
TROPICAL LOW WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE 995HPA LOCATED AT 1600UTC
WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF
 LATITUDE SIXTEEN DECIMAL TWO SOUTH [16.2S]
 LONGITUDE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN DECIMAL EIGHT EAST  [116.8E]
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 4 KNOTS.

AREA AFFECTED
WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF CENTRE IN THE EASTERN QUADRANTS EXTENDING
 TO WITHIN
210 NAUTICAL MILES IN THE WESTERN QUADRANTS.

FORECAST
THE LOW IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE WITHIN THE NEXT 
12/18
HOURS. EXPECT 30/45 KNOT WINDS IN WESTERN QUADRANTS TO EXTEND TO EAST
ERN
QUADRANTS AS THE LOW DEVELOPS,  WITH ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS AND MOD
ERATE
SWELL.  
AT 0400UTC 06 FEBRUARY  16.6 SOUTH  116.4 EAST  990HPA
AT 1600UTC 06 FEBRUARY  17.0 SOUTH  116.0 EAST  980HPA

NEXT WARNING ISSUED AT 2300UTC  5 FEBRUARY 2005

WEATHER PERTH

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