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 201955 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 20 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 201800 UTC. Trough from 7S 90E to low [1008hPa] near 10S 95E to 7S 110E to 5S 125E to 8S 142E. PART 3. FORECAST North of trough. Variable winds 10 knots, tending west/northwest 15/20 knots west of 98E. Slight/moderate seas. Isolated storms. South of trough. Southeast/northeast winds 10/20 knots, increasing to 15/25 knots west of 98E. Moderate seas, tending moderate/rough west of 98E. Moderate southerly swell in the Indian Ocean west of 120E. Isolated storms. WEATHER DARWIN ==========