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

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 04:24:46 -0600

WTAU05 APRF 051022
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 1015UTC 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 1000UTC
WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF
 LATITUDE FIFTEEN DECIMAL NINE SOUTH [15.9S]
 LONGITUDE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DECIMAL THREE EAST  [117.3E]
MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 4 KNOTS.

AREA AFFECTED
WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES OF CENTRE IN THE NORTH EASTERN QUADRANT EXTE
NDING TO
WITHIN 210 NAUTICAL MILES IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.

FORECAST
GALES CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT, AND THIS QUADRANT WI
LL CONTINUE
TO HAVE THE STRONGEST WINDS AS THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES AND GALES EXTEN
D INTO
OTHER QUADRANTS. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLO
NE WITHIN
THE NEXT 6/18 HOURS, CAUSING ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS, MODERATE SWELL
 AND 30/45
KNOT WINDS. 
AT 2200UTC 05 FEBRUARY  16.2 SOUTH  117.2 EAST  990HPA
AT 1000UTC 06 FEBRUARY  16.6 SOUTH  116.9 EAST  985HPA

NEXT WARNING ISSUED AT 1700UTC 05 FEBRUARY 2005

WEATHER PERTH

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