FQAU24 AMMC 190900

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 19 JUNE 2026



PART 1 WARNINGS

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

WEATHER

SYSTEM.



MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 3.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 6.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 8.



PART 2 SITUATION AT 190600 UTC

COLD FRONT [1] NEAR 50S093E 59S108E TO LOW [1] 979HPA TO WARM FRONT

53S120E

59S108E. FORECAST NEAR 52S152E TO LOW 960HPA NEAR 61S160E TO WARM

FRONT NEAR

59S168E 61S160E AT 201200UTC.



COLD FRONT [2] NEAR 57S080E 58S086E 61S089E. FORECAST COLD FRONT [2]

NEAR

60S130E 63S129E 64S122E AT 201200UTC.



COLD FRONT [3] NEAR 50S139E 57S149E 61S148E. FORECAST COLD FRONT [3]

EXITING

AREA NEAR 50S157E 59S165E 60S163E AT 192100UTC.



PART 3 FORECAST

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS FOR DETAILS OF THE AREA AFFECTED.



WHOLE AREA, OUTSIDE WARNING AREAS:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY WITHIN 600NM EAST OF

COLD FRONT

[1], 360NM EAST OF COLD FRONT [2], AND 180NM OF COLD FRONT [3]. WINDS

SHIFTING

NORTHERLY QUARTER WITHIN 120NM OF WARM FRONT, AND CLOCKWISE WITHIN

120NM OF

LOW. WIND SPEEDS 25/33 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO

HEAVY SWELL.



RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY

WITHIN 180NM OF

FRONTS AND LOW. VISIBILITY REDUCING BELOW 2NM IN PRECIPITATION.



PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 62S080E 61S090E 62S100E 62S120E 63S130E 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 21:00 UTC FRIDAY.=