WOAU43 AMMC 090552

IDY21020

40:2:1:04:70S100E35060:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0552UTC 9 APRIL 2026



GALE WARNING 3 FOR WESTERN, SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 090600UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH LOW 967HPA NEAR 56S134E. FORECAST LOW

966HPA NEAR

56S134E AT 091200UTC, 967HPA NEAR 55S134E AT 091800UTC, 971HPA NEAR

53S135E AT

100000UTC, AND 975HPA NEAR 53S137E AT 100600UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 51S136E 56S135E 62S136E 63S126E 54S120E 44S126E 43S136E

51S136E.



FORECAST

SOUTHERLY QUARTER WINDS SHIFTING SOUTHWESTERLY QUARTER IN THE

NORTHWEST

QUADRANT OF THE LOW, TENDING CLOCKWISE WITHIN 180NM OF LOW. WIND

SPEEDS 30/45

INITIALLY WITHIN 240NM OF THE WESTERN SEMICIRCLE OF LOW, EXPANDING TO

WITHIN

360NM OF LOW AT 091200UTC, AND INCREASING TO 34/45 KNOTS WITHIN 480NM

OF THE

LOW EXCEPT NORTH OF 50S BY 091800UTC, EXPANDING TO WITHIN 600NM OF

LOW BY

100000UTC. VERY ROUGH TO HIGH 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 1300 UTC 09 APRIL 2026=