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OCEAN WIND WARNING FOR METAREA 10
ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE
AT 1244 UTC 1 FEBRUARY 2025

GALE WARNING

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
AT 1200 UTC A TROPICAL LOW WAS CENTRED WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES OF
 LATITUDE FIFTEEN DECIMAL FIVE SOUTH (15.5S)
 LONGITUDE ONE HUNDRED AND TWO DECIMAL FOUR EAST (102.4E)
RECENT MOVEMENT : WEST SOUTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS
MAXIMUM WINDS   : 30 KNOTS
CENTRAL PRESSURE: 996 HPA
THE LOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE
NEXT 24
HOURS, HOWEVER GALES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT FROM 0000
UTC 2
FEBRUARY.

AREA AFFECTED
WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT
FROM 0000 UTC
2 FEBRUARY.

FORECAST
MAXIMUM WINDS TO 30 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE, INCREASING TO 35 KNOTS BY
0000 UTC 2
FEBRUARY.

WINDS ABOVE 34 KNOTS WITHIN 120 NAUTICAL MILES IN THE SW QUADRANT
FROM 0000 UTC
2 FEBRUARY, WITH ROUGH SEAS AND MODERATE SWELL.

FORECAST POSITIONS
AT 0000 UTC 02 FEBRUARY: WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES OF 15.5 SOUTH 100.8
EAST
                        CENTRAL PRESSURE 994 HPA.
                        WINDS TO 35 KNOTS NEAR CENTRE.
AT 1200 UTC 02 FEBRUARY: WITHIN 70 NAUTICAL MILES OF 15.5 SOUTH 99.0
EAST
                        CENTRAL PRESSURE 993 HPA.
                        WINDS TO 35 KNOTS NEAR CENTRE.

REMARKS
ALL SHIPS IN THE AREA PLEASE SEND WEATHER REPORTS EVERY THREE HOURS.
REGULAR WEATHER OBSERVING SHIPS USE NORMAL CHANNELS.
OTHER SHIPS PLEASE USE EMAIL TO TCWC@BOM.GOV.AU.

NEXT WARNING WILL BE ISSUED BY 1900 UTC 01 FEBRUARY 2025.

AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE=