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SECURITE
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre
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 2300 UTC 07 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
Nil.
PART 2. SITUATION
At 071800 UTC.
Trough extends from 5S 90E to 4S 100E to 8S 110E to 15S 125E to 12S 130E to low
at 10.4S 139.5E to 10S 142E.
PART 3. FORECAST
North of trough west of 130E.
Northeast to northwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Slight to moderate seas. Isolated
storms.
North of trough east of 130E.
Southwest to northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, tending clockwise 20 to 30 knots in
the eastern Arafura Sea. Moderate to rough seas. Isolated storms tending
scattered with squalls in the eastern Arafura Sea.
South of Trough.
Southeast to northeast winds 10 to 20 knots, tending clockwise 20 to 30 knots in
the northern Gulf of Carpentaria. Moderate to rough seas. Isolated storms,
tending scattered with squalls in the northern Gulf of Carpentaria.
WEATHER DARWIN
