WOAU45 AMMC 081815

IDY21040

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 1815UTC 8 MAY 2026



STORM FORCE WIND WARNING 5 FOR SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 081800UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT 40S102E 51S101E TO LOW

973HPA NEAR

52S096E. FORECAST COLD FRONT 40S106E 52S106E TO LOW 959HPA NEAR

53S098E AT

090000UTC, COLD FRONT 47S111E 55S110E TO LOW 948HPA NEAR 56S100E AT

090600UTC,

COLD FRONT 52S117E 60S112E TO LOW 942HPA NEAR 59S104E AT 091200UTC,

AND COLD

FRONT 50S119E 60S126E 63S116E TO LOW 943HPA NEAR 61S108E AT

091800UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 56S093E 50S094E 39S102E 59S127E 64S115E 63S100E 56S093E.



FORECAST

NORTHERLY QUARTER WINDS 34/45 KNOTS INITIALLY WITHIN 660NM EAST OF

COLD FRONT,

CONTRACTING TO 240NM BY 090000UTC. CLOCKWISE WINDS 34/47 KNOTS WITHIN

540NM OF

LOW. CLOCKWISE WINDS INCREASING TO 48/63 KNOTS WITHIN 330NM OF THE

NORTHERN

SEMICIRCLE OF LOW AT 081500UTC. VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS, INCREASING

TO VERY

HIGH SEAS IN STORM FORCE WINDS. 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 09 MAY 2026=