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OCEAN WIND WARNING FOR METAREA 10
ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE
AT 0658 UTC 25 DECEMBER 2025

STORM FORCE WIND 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 0600 UTC TROPICAL CYCLONE GRANT WAS CENTRED WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL
MILES OF
 LATITUDE TWELVE DECIMAL ONE SOUTH (12.1S)
 LONGITUDE NINETY FIVE DECIMAL EIGHT EAST (95.8E)
RECENT MOVEMENT : WEST SOUTHWEST AT 8 KNOTS
MAXIMUM WINDS   : 40 KNOTS
CENTRAL PRESSURE: 995 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 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT.

FORECAST
MAXIMUM WINDS TO 40 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE INCREASING TO 50 KNOTS BY
0600 UTC 26
DECEMBER.

FROM 0300 UTC 26 DECEMBER WINDS ABOVE 48 KNOTS WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL
MILES OF
CENTRE IN SW QUADRANT WITH VERY ROUGH SEAS.

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 30 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT WITH ROUGH SEAS AND
MODERATE
SWELL.

FORECAST POSITIONS
AT 1800 UTC 25 DECEMBER: WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES OF 11.9 SOUTH 94.5
EAST
                        CENTRAL PRESSURE 995 HPA.
                        WINDS TO 40 KNOTS
AT 0600 UTC 26 DECEMBER: WITHIN 55 NAUTICAL MILES OF 11.7 SOUTH 93.1
EAST
                        CENTRAL PRESSURE 988 HPA.
                        WINDS TO 50 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 1300 UTC 25 DECEMBER 2025.

AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE=