WOAU46 AMMC 171758

IDY21050

40:2:1:04:70S125E35045:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 1758UTC 17 JULY 2026



GALE WARNING 6 FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 171800UTC

VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 58S144E 64S143E 64S160E 53S160E 53S149E 58S144E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS. WIND SPEEDS 34/47 KNOTS. WINDS CONTRACTING TO

EAST OF

155E BY 180000UTC AND EASING BELOW 34 KNOTS THROUGHOUT BY 180300UTC.

VERY ROUGH

TO HIGH 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 0100 UTC 18 JULY 2026=