FQAU24 AMMC 160800

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 16 MARCH 2026



PART 1 WARNINGS

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

WEATHER

SYSTEM.



MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 6.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 7.



PART 2 SITUATION AT 160600 UTC

COLD FRONT [1] NEAR 50S133E TO LOW [1] 980HPA NEAR 57S141E TO WARM

FRONT [1]

NEAR 51S156E. FORECAST COLD FRONT [1] NEAR 50S165E 60S165E TO LOW [1]

967HPA

NEAR 64S151E TO WARM FRONT [1] NEAR 66S160E 60S178E AT 171200UTC.



TROUGH NEAR 52S128E 61S128E. FORECAST TROUGH NEAR 57S142E 63S137E AT

170000UTC,

THEN DECAYING THEREAFTER.



COLD FRONT [2] NEAR 50S096E 55S098E TO LOW [2] 991HPA NEAR 60S090E TO

WARM

FRONT [2] NEAR 58S096E 52S106E. FORECAST COLD FRONT [2] NEAR 50S129E

57S137E TO

LOW [2] 963HPA NEAR 58S125E TO WARM FRONT [2] NEAR 59S137E 57S143E AT

171200UTC.



COLD FRONT [2] FORECAST TO ENTER FROM WEST NEAR 50S072E 56S078E TO

LOW [3]

969HPA NEAR 60S071E AT 170300UTC, THEN NEAR 50S085E 56S089E TO LOW

[3] 974HPA

NEAR 59S085E AT 171200UTC.



PART 3 FORECAST

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS FOR DETAILS OF THE AREA AFFECTED.



SOUTH OF LINE 61S080E 61S145E TO ICE EDGE:

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

MODERATE SWELL.



REMAINDER, OUTSIDE WARNING AREA:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WITHIN 360NM

EAST OF

COLD FRONTS, NORTHEASTERLY QUARTER WITHIN 120NM SOUTH OF WARM FRONTS

AND

TROUGH, AND TURNING CLOCKWISE WITHIN 240NM OF LOWS [1] AND [2] AND

420NM OF LOW

[3]. WIND SPEEDS 20/33 KNOTS. MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO

HEAVY SWELL.



RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY WITHIN 240NM

OF

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

PRECIPITATION.



PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 65S080E 63S100E 65S110E 65S120E 64S140E 65S150E

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 MONDAY.=