FQAU24 AMMC 090800

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 1100 UTC 9 JANUARY 2026



PART 1 WARNINGS

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS FOR DETAILS OF THE AREA AFFECTED.



MELBOURNE STORM FORCE WIND WARNING 4.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 5.



PART 2 SITUATION AT 090600 UTC

COLD FRONT NEAR 50S091E TO LOW [1] 951HPA NEAR 63S083E. FORECAST NEAR

53S129E

60S134E 63S127E TO LOW 962HPA NEAR 64S117E AT 101200UTC.



WARM FRONT NEAR 61S110E 63S099E TO LOW [1] 951HPA NEAR 63S083E.

FORECAST NEAR

55S136E 61S135E 64S128E TO LOW [1] 962HPA NEAR 64S117E AT 101200UTC.



TROUGH NEAR 50S118E 61S110E. FORECAST NEAR 50S134E 55S136E AT

101200UTC.



LOW [2] 981HPA NORTH OF AREA NEAR 47S153E AT 100000UTC, AND 967HPA

NEAR 49S158E

AT 101200UTC.



PART 3 FORECAST

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

WEATHER

SYSTEM.



NORTH OF LINE 54S160E 50S152E, OUTSIDE OF WARNING AREAS:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, TURNING CLOCKWISE WITHIN 240NM OF LOW [2].

WIND SPEEDS

20/33 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SWELL.



WEST OF LINE 50S124E 65S127E, OUTSIDE WARNING AREA:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, SHIFTING NORTHEASTERLY QUARTER EAST OF WARM

FRONT,

SHIFTING NORTHERLY QUARTER EAST OF TROUGH, SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY

QUARTER EAST

OF COLD FRONT AND NORTH OF WARM FRONT, AND SHIFTING SOUTHWESTERLY

QUARTER

WITHIN 360NM WEST OF COLD FRONT. WINDS TURNING CLOCKWISE WITHIN 300NM

OF LOW.

WIND SPEEDS 20/33 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. LOW TO MODERATE

SWELL,

INCREASING TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL WEST OF LINE 50S121E 65S121E.



REMAINDER:

WINDS NOT EXCEEDING 25 KNOTS. MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS. LOW TO MODERATE

SWELL.



RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY

WITHIN 480NM OF

LOW, WITHIN 120NM OF TROUGH, AND WITHIN 180NM OF WARM AND COLD FRONT.

VISIBILITY REDUCING BELOW 2NM IN PRECIPITATION.



PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 65S080E 64S090E 63S100E 63S110E 65S120E 64S130E 64S150E

64S160E.



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 20:00 UTC FRIDAY.=