GMDSS_METAREA11-S-EQUATOR_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 120755 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 1100 UTC 12 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 120600 UTC. A trough extends from 7S 90E to Low [1011 hPa] near 9S 93E to 6S 105E to 6S 128E to 9S 142E. PART 3. FORECAST North of trough Variable winds 10 knots. Slight seas. Isolated thunderstorms. South of trough. Southeast/northeast winds 10/15 knots reaching 20/25 knots at times in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria. Slight/moderate seas. Isolated thunderstorms. WEATHER DARWIN ==========