WOAU48 AMMC 212335

IDY21070

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

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 2334UTC 21 FEBRUARY 2026



GALE WARNING 8 FOR WESTERN, SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 220000UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH LOW 974HPA NEAR 52S102E. FORECAST LOW

973HPA NEAR

52S108E AT 220600UTC, 972HPA NEAR 51S114E AT 221200UTC, 969HPA NEAR

51S121E AT

221800UTC, AND 969HPA NEAR 52S128E AT 230000UTC.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 45S089E 41S116E 46S132E 52S135E 53S093E 45S089E.



FORECAST

CLOCKWISE WINDS 34/47 KNOTS WITHIN 600NM OF LOW IN NORTHWESTERN

QUADRANT AND

30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 300NM OF LOW IN OTHER QUADRANTS. WINDS BECOMING

CLOCKWISE

30/40 KNOTS IN NORTHEASTERN SEMICIRCLE BY 230000UTC AND EASING BELOW

34 KNOTS

IN SOUTHWESTERN SEMICIRCLE. VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS, ABATING TO ROUGH

TO VERY

ROUGH SEAS BY 230000UTC. 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 0700 UTC 22 FEBRUARY 2026=