IDD10210
UPDATED
SECURITE
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre
UPDATED HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA 8/10/11
NORTHERN AREA: EQUATOR TO 12 SOUTH BETWEEN 90/142 EAST AND
SOUTHWARD TO COAST BETWEEN 125/142 EAST
ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, DARWIN
FOR 24 HOURS COMMENCING 1100 UTC 08 March 2014
PLEASE BE AWARE
Wind gusts can be a further 40 percent stronger than the averages given here,
and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
PART 1. WARNINGS
Storm Force wind warning current from Weather DARWIN for Tropical Cyclone
"Gillian" [998 hPa] near 10.5S 139.5E.
PART 2. SITUATION
At 080600 UTC.
Trough extends from Equator 100E to 10S 115E to 12S 130E to Tropical Cyclone
"Gillian" [998 hPa] near 10.5S 139.5E to 12S 142E. Tropical Cyclone "Gillian"
forecast near 11.7S 140.4E 989 hPa at 090600UTC.
PART 3. FORECAST
Within 90 nautical miles of Tropical cyclone "Gillian".
Clockwise winds 30 to 35 knots, extending to 120 nautical miles in the southern
semicircle. Winds increasing to 35 to 50 knots within 60 nautical miles of the
centre by 090600UTC. Very rough seas, increasing to high seas within 60 nautical
miles by 090600UTC. Moderate to heavy swell. Scattered squalls to 70 knots with
visibility reduced below 6 nautical miles at times.
Elsewhere, north of trough west of 125E.
North to northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Slight to moderate seas. Isolated
storms.
Elsewhere, north of trough east of 125E.
Southwest to northwest winds 15 to 25 knots. Moderate to rough seas. Isolated
storms tending scattered with squalls to 45 knots in the eastern Arafura Sea.
Elsewhere, south of Trough.
Southeast to northeast winds 15 to 25 knots, tending variable 10 knots in the
Indian Ocean. Slight to moderate seas, increasing to rough in the Gulf of
Carpentaria. Moderate southerly swell in the Indian Ocean. Isolated storms,
tending scattered with squalls to 45 knots in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
WEATHER DARWIN
