WOAU61 AMMC 051344

IDY21092

40:2:1:04:70S075E35060:01:00

SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 1344UTC 5 JANUARY 2026



GALE WARNING 12 FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS



SITUATION AT 051200UTC

VIGOROUS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH LOW 975HPA NEAR 53S109E. FORECAST LOW

976HPA NEAR

54S113E AT 051800UTC, LOW 977HPA NEAR 55S117E AT 060000UTC, THEN

WEAKENING.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 47S101E 45S107E 47S120E 51S103E 47S101E.



FORECAST

CLOCKWISE WINDS 30/40 KNOTS WITHIN 540NM IN NORTHERN SEMICIRCLE OF

LOW. WINDS

EASING BELOW 34 KNOTS THROUGHOUT BY 060000UTC. 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 05 JANUARY 2026=