WOAU49 AMMC 150602

IDY21080

40:2:1:04:70S075E25090:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 0602UTC 15 JANUARY 2026



GALE WARNING 9 FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 150600UTC

VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH NEAR 58S146E 61S148E.

FORECAST

NEAR 57S154E 61S155E AT 151200UTC, NEAR 56S160E 60S161E AT 151800UTC,

AND NEAR

57S164E 60S165E AT 152100UTC, EXITING EAST THEREAFTER.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 61S145E 60S160E 56S163E 58S145E 61S145E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 240NM EAST OF TROUGH AND

WITHIN 120NM

WEST OF TROUGH. WINDS EASING BELOW 34 KNOTS THROUGHOUT AREA BY

152100UTC. ROUGH

TO VERY ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE 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 15 JANUARY 2026=