WOAU46 AMMC 160546

IDY21050

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0546UTC 16 MARCH 2026



GALE WARNING 6 FOR WESTERN, SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 160600UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT NEAR 48S095E 55S101E

60S090E. FORECAST

NEAR 48S103E 56S107E 59S097E AT 161200UTC, 48S109E 50S114E 55S116E

57S110E AT

161800UTC, NEAR 48S120E 55S127E 57S119E AT 170000UTC AND COLD FRONT

NEAR

48S131E 56S134E 57S130E AT 170600UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 49S080E 60S080E 58S139E 48S135E 49S080E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 1140NM WEST OF FRONT.

NORTHWESTERLY

QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS DEVELOPING WITHIN 240NM EAST OF FRONT FROM

161800UTC.

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 1300 UTC 16 MARCH 2026=