WOAU41 AMMC 051149

IDY21000

40:2:1:04:70S075E25090:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 1149UTC 5 APRIL 2026



GALE WARNING 1 FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 051200UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW FORECAST TO DEVELOP FROM 051800UTC ASSOCIATED WITH

FORECAST

TROUGH 58S130E 55S133E AT 051800UTC, 61S132E 58S140E AT 060000UTC,

63S137E

61S144E AT 060600UTC, AND 63S140E 63S147E AT 061200UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 55S129E 55S138E 64S150E 62S135E 55S129E.



FORECAST

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS FORECAST TO DEVELOP WITHIN

120NM OF

TROUGH FROM 051800UTC. WINDS EASING BELOW 34 KNOTS THROUGHOUT AREA BY

061200UTC. 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 1900 UTC 05 APRIL 2026=