WOAU09 AMMC 080531 IDY21080 40:2:1:04:50S075E45060:01:00 SECURITE HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10 ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY AT 0531UTC 8 JULY 2026 GALE WARNING 9 FOR WESTERN AREA SITUATION AT 080600UTC VIGOROUS SOUTHERLY QUARTER WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH NEAR 34S095E 31S090E. FORECAST 34S097E 29S090E AT 081200UTC, 33S097E 30S093E AT 081800UTC, AND THEN WEAKENING. AREA AFFECTED BOUNDED BY 30S087E 34S092E 33S097E 28S090E 30S087E. FORECAST SOUTHERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 180NM WEST OF TROUGH. WINDS EASING BELOW 34 KNOTS THROUGHOUT AREA BY 081800UTC. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. LOW TO MODERATE 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 08 JULY 2026=