WTMA20 FIMP 151905

TTT WARNING OF GALE FORCE WINDS

SITUATION
AT 1800 UTC TROPICAL CYCLONE BAKUNG WAS CENTRED WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL
MILES OF LATITUDE TEN DECIMAL NINE SOUTH (10.9S) LONGITUDE NINETY TWO
DECIMAL EIGHT EAST (92.8E) RECENT MOVEMENT : EAST AT 6 KNOTS MAXIMUM
WINDS : 40 KNOTS CENTRAL PRESSURE: 997 HPA

AREA AFFECTED
WITHIN 15 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 35 NAUTICAL MILES
IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT AND WITHIN
25 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT.

FORECAST
MAXIMUM WINDS TO 40 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE EASING TO 35 KNOTS BY 0600
UTC 16 DECEMBER. WITHIN 15 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT AND WITHIN
35 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT AND WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW
QUADRANT AND WITHIN 25 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT WITH ROUGH SEAS
AND MODERATE SWELL.

FORECAST POSITIONS
AT 0600 UTC 16 DECEMBER: WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES OF 10.5 SOUTH 93.7
EAST CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 HPA. WINDS TO 35 KNOTS NEAR CENTRE. AT
1800 UTC 16 DECEMBER: WITHIN 55 NAUTICAL MILES OF 10.1 SOUTH 94.2
EAST CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 HPA. WINDS TO 30 KNOTS NEAR CENTRE.

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