FQAU24 AMMC 142044

IDY10250

SECURITE



UPDATED 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 14 JANUARY 2026



PART 1 WARNINGS

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS FOR DETAILS OF THE AREA AFFECTED.



MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 8.



PART 2 SITUATION AT 141800 UTC

COLD FRONT [1] 55S135E 58S139E 60S136E. FORECAST 54S153E 57S160E

63S162E AT

151200UTC, THEN MOVING EAST OF THE AREA THEREAFTER.



WARM FRONT 53S120E TO LOW [1] 968HPA NEAR 55S103E. FORECAST 58S152E

64S127E TO

LOW 969HPA NEAR 62S115E AT 160000UTC.



LOW [2] 62S085E. FORECAST LOW 979HPA NEAR 60S098E AT 160000UTC.



COLD FRONT [2] FORECAST ENTERING AREA FROM NORTH NEAR 49S108E 51S109E

TO

DEVELOPING LOW [3] 980HPA NEAR 52S103E AT 151500UTC, THEN 50S115E

54S117E TO

LOW 977HPA NEAR 55S108E AT 160000UTC.



PART 3 FORECAST

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS FOR DETAILS OF THE AREA AFFECTED.



NORTH OF LINE 57S080E 50S098E 65S114E 65S122E 57S131E 65S160E,

OUTSIDE WARNING

AREAS:

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS TENDING EASTERLY QUARTER SOUTH OF WARM

FRONT,

SHIFTING WESTERLY QUARTER WITHIN 240NM WEST OF COLD FRONT [1], AND

SHIFTING

SOUTHWESTERLY QUARTER WEST OF COLD FRONT [2]. CLOCKWISE WINDS WITHIN

180NM OF

LOW [1] AND LOW [3] AND WITHIN 360NM OF LOW [2]. WIND SPEEDS 20/33

KNOTS. ROUGH

TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL.



REMAINDER:

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

HEAVY SWELL.



RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY

WITHIN 240NM OF

LOW AND 180NM OF FRONTS. VISIBILITY REDUCING BELOW 2NM IN

PRECIPITATION.



PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 65S080E 63S100E 65S110E 65S120E 64S130E 63S160E.



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 08:00 UTC THURSDAY.=