WOAU44 AMMC 170540

IDY21030

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0540UTC 17 APRIL 2026



GALE WARNING 4 FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 170600UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH NEAR 57S073E 57S079E. FORECAST

TROUGH NEAR

55S080E 56S085E AT 171200UTC, AND 53S084E 54S088E AT 171800UTC AND

DECAYING

THEREAFTER.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 54S089E 53S080E 58S080E 54S089E.



FORECAST

SOUTHERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 120NM SOUTH OF TROUGH,

TURNING

SOUTHWESTERLY QUARTER WITHIN 120NM SOUTH OF TROUGH BY 171500UTC.

GALES

DESCRIBED IN WARNING 3 AFTER 171800UTC. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS.

MODERATE TO

HEAVY SWELL.



SEE ALSO MELBOURNE GALE WARNING 3.



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 17 APRIL 2026=