WTAU01 ABRF 050056
IDQ20008

SECURITE

OCEAN WIND WARNING FOR METAREA 10
ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE
AT 0056 UTC 5 APRIL 2026

HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING FOR NORTH EASTERN AREA

SITUATION
AT 0000 UTC TROPICAL CYCLONE MAILA WAS CENTRED WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL
MILES OF
 LATITUDE NINE DECIMAL TWO SOUTH (9.2S)
 LONGITUDE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL FOUR EAST (154.4E)
RECENT MOVEMENT : SLOW MOVING
MAXIMUM WINDS   : 50 KNOTS
CENTRAL PRESSURE: 986 HPA

AREA AFFECTED
WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 70 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 90 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 110 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT.

FORECAST
MAXIMUM WINDS TO 50 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE INCREASING TO 75 KNOTS BY
0000 UTC 06
APRIL.

FROM 1200 UTC 5 APRIL WINDS ABOVE 64 KNOTS WITHIN 30 NAUTICAL MILES
OF CENTRE
WITH VERY HIGH SEAS.

WINDS ABOVE 48 KNOTS WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT
    AND WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT, EXTENDING TO WITHIN
40
NAUTICAL MILES IN THE SE AND SW QUADRANTS BY 1200 UTC 5 APRIL WITH
VERY ROUGH
SEAS AND MODERATE SWELL.

WINDS ABOVE 34 KNOTS WITHIN 100 NAUTICAL MILES IN NE QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 70 NAUTICAL MILES IN SE QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 90 NAUTICAL MILES IN SW QUADRANT
  AND WITHIN 110 NAUTICAL MILES IN NW QUADRANT WITH ROUGH SEAS AND
MODERATE
SWELL.

FORECAST POSITIONS
AT 1200 UTC 05 APRIL: WITHIN 50 NAUTICAL MILES OF 9.4 SOUTH 154.6
EAST
                        CENTRAL PRESSURE 974 HPA.
                        WINDS TO 65 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE.
AT 0000 UTC 06 APRIL: WITHIN 65 NAUTICAL MILES OF 9.7 SOUTH 155.0
EAST
                        CENTRAL PRESSURE 966 HPA.
                        WINDS TO 75 KNOTS NEAR THE CENTRE.

REMARKS
ALL SHIPS IN THE AREA PLEASE SEND WEATHER REPORTS EVERY THREE HOURS.
REGULAR
WEATHER OBSERVING SHIPS USE NORMAL CHANNELS. OTHER SHIPS PLEASE USE
EMAIL TO
TCWC@BOM.GOV.AU.

NEXT WARNING WILL BE ISSUED BY 0700 UTC 05 APRIL 2026.

AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE=