WOAU10 AMMC 152306

IDY21090

40:2:1:04:70S075E35060:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 2306UTC 15 AUGUST 2026

GALE WARNING 10 FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS

SITUATION AT 160000UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW DEVELOPING ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT, FORECAST

39S102E 49S109E

57S111E AT 160600UTC, 39S106E 57S116E AT 161200UTC, 36S112E 49S114E

54S121E AT

161800UTC, 41S116E 52S118E 57S123E AT 170000UTC.

AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 38S106E 36S113E 41S113E 48S124E 57S127E 57S123E 38S106E.

FORECAST

NORTHERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 300NM EAST OF COLD FRONT.

ROUGH TO

VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL.

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.

THE NEXT ALERT WILL BE ISSUED BY 0600 UTC 16 AUGUST 2026=