WOAU46 AMMC 141753

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 1753UTC 14 AUGUST 2026



GALE WARNING 6 FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 141800UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH NEAR 37S103E 52S114E 54S120E.

FORECAST

NEAR 41S110E 53S119E 56S118E AT 150000UTC, 42S113E 55S125E AT

150600UTC,

46S120E 56S129E AT 151200UTC AND WEAKENING THEREAFTER.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 56S118E 56S128E 54S132E 45S122E 35S101E 56S118E.



FORECAST

NORTHWESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 360NM EAST OF TROUGH,

CONTRACTING TO WITHIN 180NM EAST OF TROUGH AT 150600UTC. WIND EASING

BELOW 34

KNOTS THROUGHOUT BY 151500UTC. 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 0100 UTC 15 AUGUST 2026=