WOAU44 AMMC 090608

IDY21030

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0608UTC 9 JANUARY 2026



STORM FORCE WIND WARNING 4 FOR WESTERN, SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN

AREAS



SITUATION AT 090600UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH LOW 986HPA NEAR 44S132E. FORECAST LOW

986HPA NEAR

44S136E AT 091200UTC, 986HPA NEAR 44S141E AT 091800UTC, 982HPA NEAR

46S149E AT

100000UTC, AND 966HPA NEAR 49S155E AT 100600UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 37S125E 36S132E 39S151E 49S160E 51S160E 51S154E 42S142E

43S135E

47S133E 43S125E 37S125E.



FORECAST

CLOCKWISE WINDS 34/47 KNOTS WITHIN 480NM OF LOW IN WESTERN

SEMICIRCLE,

EXPANDING TO WITHIN 360NM OF LOW IN ALL QUADRANTS AT 100000UTC AND

EXTENDING TO

WITHIN 600NM OF LOW IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT AT 100000UTC. WIND

SPEEDS

INCREASING TO 45/55 KNOTS WITHIN 60NM OF LOW IN WESTERN SEMICIRCLE

UNTIL

091200UTC. VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS, RISING TO VERY HIGH IN STORM

FORCE WINDS.

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 JANUARY 2026=