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OCEAN WIND WARNING FOR METAREA 10
ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE
AT 1908 UTC 24 DECEMBER 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 1800 UTC TROPICAL CYCLONE GRANT WAS CENTRED WITHIN 25 NAUTICAL
MILES OF
 LATITUDE ELEVEN DECIMAL NINE SOUTH (11.9S)
 LONGITUDE NINETY SEVEN DECIMAL FOUR EAST (97.4E)
RECENT MOVEMENT : WEST AT 6 KNOTS
MAXIMUM WINDS   : 35 KNOTS
CENTRAL PRESSURE: 997 HPA

AREA AFFECTED
WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT.

FORECAST
MAXIMUM WINDS TO 35 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE INCREASING TO 45 KNOTS BY
1200 UTC 25
DECEMBER.

WINDS ABOVE 34 KNOTS WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT WITH ROUGH SEAS AND
MODERATE
SWELL.

FORECAST POSITIONS
AT 0600 UTC 25 DECEMBER: WITHIN 45 NAUTICAL MILES OF 11.9 SOUTH 96.0
EAST
                        CENTRAL PRESSURE 994 HPA.
                        WINDS TO 40 KNOTS
AT 1800 UTC 25 DECEMBER: WITHIN 55 NAUTICAL MILES OF 11.7 SOUTH 94.5
EAST
                        CENTRAL PRESSURE 991 HPA.
                        WINDS TO 45 KNOTS

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 0100 UTC 25 DECEMBER 2025.

AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE=