WOAU46 AMMC 221203

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 1203UTC 22 MAY 2026



GALE WARNING 6 FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 221200UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT 37S096E 55S113E TO LOW

953HPA

63S111E. FORECAST COLD FRONT 50S113E 63S124E TO LOW 951HPA NEAR

65S115E AT

221800UTC, COLD FRONT 52S120E 63S129E TO LOW SOUTH OF THE ICE EDGE AT

230000UTC, AND THEN ONLY COLD FRONT NEAR 52S126E 62S132E AT

230600UTC, AND THEN

FRONT 56S133E 63S138E AT 230900UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 35S094E 35S096E 61S152E 65S152E 63S105E 54S108E 35S094E.



FORECAST

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 480NM EAST OF FRONT,

CONTRACTING

TO 240NM EAST OF FRONT BY 230600UTC. CLOCKWISE WINDS 30/40 KNOTS

WITHIN 240NM

OF LOW, THEN WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW ARE FORECAST BELOW 34 KNOTS BY

230000UTC. WIND ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM FORECAST BELOW 34 KNOTS

THROUGHOUT BY

231200UTC. 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 1900 UTC 22 MAY 2026=