High Seas Forecast for Metarea 10

south-eastern area 28s/50s, 129e/170e.

Issued by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne

for 24 hours commencing 1100 UTC 30 August 2008

Please be aware

wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum

waves may be up to twice the height.

Part 1 warnings

Melbourne gale 0729utc within

38s141e/38s143e/44s145e/44s149e/38s149e/38s160e/50s160e/50s141e/38s141e.

Sydney gale 0542utc within 3s153e/38s155e/38s160e/34s153e/33s153e after

08310001utc.

Adelaide gale 0625utc. Area 1 bounded by

40s141e/50s141e/44s129e/37s135e/40s141e. Area 2 bounded by

38s129e/40s135e/50s137e/50s129e/38s129e, contracting east of 131e by 301800utc,

east of 135e by 310001utc and east of 140e by 310600utc.

Part 2 situation at 0600 UTC

weak, slow-moving low 1020 hpa 35s159e. Trough 30s142e to low 993hpa 40s137e to

50s141e forecast 30s150/40s150e to low 978hpa 48s142e at 302300utc,

28s153e/36s159e/50s155e 311100utc. Series of fronts further west.

Part 3 forecast

east of trough.

Northerly quarter wind 10/20 knots at first in the far east with slight to

moderate sea. Wind increasing to 20/30 knots westwards towards deepening trough

with moderate to rough sea, but reaching 30/45 knots at times in gale areas with

very rough sea. Low to moderate swell in the north grading to moderate to heavy

in the south. Scattered showers near weak low, and rain areas towards trough,

with visibility reduced to 3nm.

Rest.

Wind becoming clockwise within about 400nm of low. Southerly quarter wind

elsewhere gradually tending westerly quarter. Wind generally 20/30 knots with

moderate to rough sea, but reaching 30/40 knots in gale areas with very rough

sea. Gales redeveloping in far southwest near the end of the forecast period.

Wind easing to 10/20 knots over northern bight by 302300utc with sea abating

slight to moderate. Moderate to heavy swell. Showers, more widespread near

low/trough and fronts, with visibility reduced to 3nm.

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