FQAU21 ADRM 300755 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 30 AUGUST 2008 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 300600 UTC. A RIDGE LIES BETWEEN 15S AND 20S WHILE A WEAK TROUGH EXTENDS FROM EQUATOR 90E TO EQUATOR 110E. PART 3. FORECAST NORTH OF 05S. NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST WINDS 5/15 KNOTS, TENDING VARIABLE WEST OF 110E. SLIGHT/MODERATE SEAS. ISOLATED STORMS. SOUTH OF 05S. EAST/SOUTHEAST WINDS 10/15 KNOTS, REACHING 15/20 KNOTS WEST OF 105E AND 20/30 KNOTS IN THE NORTHEAST GULF OF CARPENTARIA AND FAR EASTERN ARAFURA SEA. MODERATE/ROUGH SEAS. MODERATE SWELL IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WEST OF 120E. ISOLATED STORMS WEST OF 110E. WEATHER DARWIN