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High Seas Forecast for Southern METAREA 10
SOUTHERN AREA: 50S80E TO 50S160E TO ICE EDGE
Issued by the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
For 24 hours commencing 2300 UTC 4 February 2026
Part 1 Warnings
Nil.
Part 2 Situation at 041800 UTC
Cold front [1] 50S155E to low 971hPa near 63S148E. Forecast cold front 50S169E
to low 966hPa near 66S153E at 050600UTC and east of area thereafter.
Trough 59S111E 63S110E. Forecast trough 54S133E 61S133E at 060000UTC.
Forecast warm front entering from the west near 61S066E 59S083E at 050000UTC,
warm front 62S108E 65S092E at 060000UTC.
Forecast cold front [2] entering from the west near 49S069E 62S080E at
050600UTC, cold front [2] 50S089E 63S102E at 060000UTC.
Part 3 Forecast
North of line 50S094E 58S115E 50S135E and south of line 63S099E 60S143E:
Winds not exceeding 25 knots. Moderate to rough seas. Moderate to heavy swell.
Remainder:
Westerly quarter winds shifting northerly quarter east of cold front [1],
tending southwesterly quarter winds initially within 180nm of trough, expanding
to within 420nm west of trough by 060000UTC. Northwesterly quarter winds within
420nm east of cold front [2] and west of cold front [2]. Wind speeds 20/30
knots. Rough seas. Moderate to heavy swell.
Rain areas, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mostly within 180nm of
fronts and trough, and within 300nm of lows, and west of line 52S093E 62S096E.
Visibility reducing below 2nm in precipitation.
Part 4 Ice edge
Approximately 64S080E 63S090E 63S100E 65S110E 65S130E 64S140E 65S150E 62S160E.
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.
WEATHER MELBOURNE
The next routine forecast will be issued at 08:00 UTC Thursday.
