GMDSS_METAREA10-N_INMARSAT ========== Caution: NAVIMAIL is not part of the Maritime Safety Information's operational data stream and should never be relied upon as the only means to obtain the latest forecast and warning information. Access to the service may be interrupted or delayed from time to time, update may also experience occasional gaps. Please refer to GMDSS OFFICIAL sources, Inmarsat SafetyNET or international NAVTEX services, for more complete information ========== FQAU21 ADRM 101955 40:2:1:31:11:01:00 IDD10210 SECURITE Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Northern Territory Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA 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 10 March 2010 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 101800 UTC. A weak trough extends from 12S 90E to Low [1011 hPa] near 11S 100E to 5S 120E to 8S 142E. PART 3. FORECAST North of trough West/northwest winds 10/15 knots tend more northwest/northeast to 15 knots east of 115E. Slight/moderate seas. Isolated thunderstorms, scattered within 300nm of low. South of trough. Southeast/northeast winds 10/15 knots, tending southeast 15/20 knots in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria and variable 10 knots in the Timor and Banda Seas. Slight/moderate seas. Isolated thunderstorms. WEATHER DARWIN ==========