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High Seas Forecast for Metarea 10 - North East
NORTHEASTERN AREA: EQUATOR TO 28S, 142E TO 170E
Issued by the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, BNOC
For 24 hours commencing 2300 UTC 25 January 2015
PLEASE BE AWARE
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 1800 UTC
Refer to latest warnings.
Trough [1] 21S164E 28S164E. Forecast 20S165E 28S164E at 260600UTC and 20S167E
to low 1002 hPa near 24S165E to 28S164E at 261800UTC.
Trough [2] 09S142E 18S146E 22S150E, remaining near stationary.
Ridge 08S154E 20S170E. Forecast 09S160E 17S170E at 260600UTC and 10S166E
15S170E at 261800UTC.
Part 3 Forecast
Refer to latest warnings.
East of ridge:
S quarter winds to 15 knots. Slight to moderate seas. Low to moderate swell.
Remainder:
W quarter winds 10/20 knots north of 10S, turning NW quarter 10/20 knots south
of 10S and NE quarter east of trough [1]. Southerly quarter winds 10/20 knots
throughout west of trough. Slight to moderate seas. Low swell, increasing to
low to moderate east of 160E.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms north of 14S, within 480nm east of
trough [1] and within 180nm of trough [2]. Isolated showers elsewhere.
Visibility reducing below 2nm in precipitation.
WEATHER MELBOURNE
The next routine forecast will be issued at 08:00 UTC Monday.
