WOAU18 AMMC 092358

IDY21070

40:2:1:04:70S125E35045:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 2357UTC 9 OCTOBER 2026



GALE WARNING 8 FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 100000UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW DEVELOPING ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW 948HPA NEAR 60S142E AT

101500UTC, LOW 944HPA NEAR 60S142E AT 101800UTC AND DEVELOPING TROUGH

56S135E

59S140E TO LOW 943HPA NEAR 61S144E AT 110000UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 54S137E 54S140E 57S149E 59S153E 61S150E 61S142E 56S133E

54S137E.



FORECAST

CLOCKWISE WINDS 30/40 KNOTS DEVELOPING WITHIN 360NM OF LOW IN THE

NORTHERN

SEMICIRCLE FROM 101500UTC. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER EAST

OF TROUGH

AND WITHIN 360NM OF LOW OF IN THE NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE FROM 110000UTC.

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 0700 UTC 10 OCTOBER 2026=