WOAU42 AMMC 051157

IDY21010

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 1157UTC 5 JANUARY 2026



GALE WARNING 2 FOR SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 051200UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW WITH LOW 972HPA NEAR 56S143E. FORECAST LOW 971HPA NEAR

57S147E AT

051800, LOW 968HPA NEAR 59S149E AT 060000UTC, THEN EASING.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 53S142E 54S152E 58S151E 56S141E 53S142E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 180NM OF LOW IN NORTHERN

SEMICIRCLE.

WINDS EASING BELOW 34 KNOTS THROUGHOUT BY 052100UTC. ROUGH TO VERY

ROUGH SEAS.

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 1900 UTC 05 JANUARY 2026=