WOAU09 AMMC 290830

IDY21080

40:2:1:04:70S075E35060:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0830UTC 29 APRIL 2026



GALE WARNING 9 FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 290600UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH NEAR 50S096E 53S104E. FORECAST

TROUGH

47S097E 52S104E AT 291200UTC, 43S102E 47S108E AT 291800UTC, 40S114E

49S115E AT

300000UTC, AND 40S118E 46S119E AT 300600UTC



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 46S087E 39S113E 50S113E 57S092E 46S087E.



FORECAST

SOUTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 300NM OF TROUGH

INITIALLY,

EXPANDING TO WITHIN 360NM EAST OF TROUGH BY 300000UTC. ROUGH TO VERY

ROUGH

SEAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SWELL.



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.





THE NEXT ALERT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1300 UTC 29 APRIL 2026=