FQAU24 AMMC 282000

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 2300 UTC 28 OCTOBER 2026



PART 1 WARNINGS

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

WEATHER

SYSTEM.



MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 1.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 8.

MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 11.



PART 2 SITUATION AT 281800 UTC



COLD FRONT [1] NEAR 50S090E 59S093E 62S092E. FORECAST COLD FRONT [1]

NEAR

50S121E 58S121E 63S113E AT 300000UTC.



COLD FRONT [2] NORTH OF AREA, FORECAST TO ENTER NEAR 49S120E TO LOW

999HPA NEAR

50S122E TO WARM FRONT NEAR 50S129E AT 290600UTC. FORECAST COLD FRONT

[2] NEAR

50S128E TO LOW 984HPA NEAR 55S134E TO WARM FRONT NEAR 54S141E 50S150E

AT

300000UTC.



PART 3 FORECAST

REFER TO LATEST WARNINGS FOR DETAILS OF THE AREA AFFECTED.



WHOLE AREA, OUTSIDE WARNING AREAS:

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WITHIN 480NM

EAST OF

COLD FRONTS AND NORTH OF WARM FRONT, SHIFTING SOUTHWESTERLY QUARTER

WEST WITHIN

660NM OF COLD FRONT [1]. WINDS TENDING CLOCKWISE WITHIN 90NM OF LOW.

WIND

SPEEDS 20/33 KNOTS. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY

SWELL.



RAIN AREAS, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY 240NM

OF LOW

AND FRONTS. VISIBILITY REDUCING BELOW 2NM IN PRECIPITATION.



PART 4 ICE EDGE

APPROXIMATELY 57S080E 60S110E 62S120E 63S130E 62S140E 63S150E

61S160E.



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.=