WOAU71 AMMC 061152

IDY21092

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SECURITE

HIGH SEAS WEATHER WARNING FOR METAREA 10

ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

AT 1152UTC 6 OCTOBER 2026



GALE WARNING 12 FOR SOUTHERN AREA



SITUATION AT 061200UTC

VIGOROUS WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS.



AREA AFFECTED

BOUNDED BY 58S140E 54S150E 55S160E 62S160E 62S141E 58S140E.



FORECAST

WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, WIND SPEEDS 34/47 KNOTS. WINDS EASING WEST OF

LINE 149E

BY 061800UTC, AND THROUGHOUT BY 070600UTC. 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 1900 UTC 06 OCTOBER 2026=