WTMA20 FIMP 180115

TTT WARNING OF GALE FORCE WINDS

PLEASE BE AWARE WIND AND WAVE FORECASTS ARE AVERAGES. WIND GUSTS CAN
BE 40 PER CENT STRONGER THAN THE FORECAST, AND STRONGER STILL IN
SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAXIMUM WAVES CAN BE TWICE THE FORECAST
HEIGHT.
SITUATION

AT 0000 UTC EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE BAKUNG WAS CENTRED WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL
MILES OF LATITUDE TEN DECIMAL NINE SOUTH (10.9S) LONGITUDE NINETY
DECIMAL NINE EAST (90.9E)
RECENT MOVEMENT : NORTHWEST AT 6 KNOTS
MAXIMUM WINDS : 35 KNOTS CENTRAL
PRESSURE: 999 HPA

AREA AFFECTED

WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE CENTRE IN THE SW QUADRANT.

FORECAST

MAXIMUM WINDS TO 35 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE EASING TO 30 KNOTS BY 0600
UTC 18 DECEMBER. WINDS ABOVE 34 KNOTS WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW
QUADRANT WITH VERY ROUGH SEAS AND MODERATE SWELL.

FORECAST POSITIONS

AT 1200 UTC 18 DECEMBER: WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES OF 10.4 SOUTH 90.0
EAST
CENTRAL PRESSURE 1003 HPA. WINDS TO 30 KNOTS NEAR CENTRE.
AT 0000 UTC 19 DECEMBER: WITHIN 65 NAUTICAL MILES OF 9.4 SOUTH 88.9
EAST
CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 HPA. WINDS TO 25 KNOTS NEAR CENTRE.

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