WOAU42 AMMC 281800

IDY21010

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 1800UTC 28 OCTOBER 2026



GALE WARNING 2 FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 281800UTC

VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH FORECAST

NEAR 52S085E

57S085E 59S083E AT 291200UTC AND NEAR 51S091E 55S092E 59S088E AT

291800UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 51S085E 52S092E 58S088E 58S083E 51S085E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS DEVELOPING WITHIN 300NM WEST OF

TROUGH AT

291500UTC. 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 0100 UTC 29 OCTOBER 2026=