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SECURITEHIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10 ISSUED BY THEAUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGCENTRE PERTH AT 0224UTC 5 FEBRUARY 2005
GALE WARNING FOR THE WESTERN AREAPlease be aware, wind gusts can be a further 40 percent stronger than theaverages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
SITUATION
Tropical low with central pressure 995hPA located at 0200UTCWithin 20 nautical miles of Latitude fifteen decimal five south [15.5S]
Longitude one hundred and seventeen decimal five east [117.5E]moving southwest at 4 knots.
AREA AFFECTED
Within 40 nautical miles of centre in the north eastern quadrant extending towithin 210 nautical miles in the southwest quadrant.
FORECAST
Squally conditions currently exist in the southwest quadrant, and this quadrantwill continue to have the strongest winds as the system intensifies over thenext 24 hours. The low is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone within thenext 12/24 hours, causing rough to very rough seas, moderate swell and 30/45knot winds.
At 1400
UTC 05 February
16.1 south 117.3 east 990hPaAt
0200
UTC 06 February 16.5 south 117.0 east 985hPa
Next warning issued at 0500UTC 05 February 2005
WEATHER PERTH
