FQAU24 AMMC 152100

IDY10250

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN METAREA 10

SOUTHERN AREA: 50S80E TO 50S160E TO ICE EDGE

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

FOR 24 HOURS COMMENCING 2300 UTC 15 AUGUST 2026

PART 1 WARNINGS

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS FOR BOUNDARY OF AFFECTED AREA AND TYPE OF

WEATHER

SYSTEM.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 7.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 9.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 10.

PART 2 SITUATION AT 151800 UTC

COLD FRONT 50S100E 55S100E TO LOW [1] 956HPA 60S093E. FORECAST

50S117E 64S127E

65S120E TO LOW [1] 951HPA 63S104E AT 170000UTC.

WARM FRONT [1] 60S155E 64S144E TO LOW [2] 968HPA 64S131E. FORECAST

62S160E

64S155E TO LOW [2] 970HPA 64S147E AT 160000UTC, THEN SYSTEM EXITING

EAST OF

AREA.

FORECAST WARM FRONT [2] ENTERING FROM WEST OF AREA NEAR 50S087E

53S085E TO LOW

[3] 957HPA 55S078E AT 161200UTC, 50S099E 54S097E TO LOW [3] 950HPA

55S090E AT

170000UTC.

PART 3 FORECAST

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS FOR DETAILS OF THE AREA AFFECTED.

WHOLE AREA, OUTSIDE WARNING AREAS:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER EAST OF COLD

FRONT,

SOUTHWESTERLY QUARTER WEST OF COLD FRONT, NORTHEASTERLY QUARTER SOUTH

OF WARM

FRONTS, AND CLOCKWISE WITHIN 360NM OF LOWS. WIND SPEEDS 20/33 KNOTS.

MODERATE

TO ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL.

RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY

WITHIN 240NM OF

FRONTS AND 300NM OF LOWS. VISIBILITY REDUCING BELOW 2NM IN

PRECIPITATION.

PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 59S080E 59S090E 59S100E 60S110E 61S120E 62S130E 63S140E

63S150E

59S160E

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.

WEATHER MELBOURNE

THE NEXT ROUTINE FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 09:00 UTC SUNDAY.=