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 09 January 2009

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 091800 UTC.
A trough extends from a low [1009hpa] near 5s 90s to 12s 110e.
A monsoon trough extends through the far southern Gulf of Carpentaria. A
tropical low [998hpa], slow moving, is located in the monsoon trough near 15s
137e.

Part 3. Forecast
Timor Sea, Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria.
Monsoonal southwest/northwest winds 20/33 knots. Northeast/southeast winds 15/25
knots in the Gulf of Carpentaria south of 15s. Moderate to rough seas, tending
very rough in the southern Arafura Sea and northern Gulf of Carpentaria. Low to
moderate swell. Scattered monsoonal squalls.

Elsewhere.
Southwest/northwest winds 15/25 knots. Winds turning southeast 10/15 knots south
of trough. Slight to moderate seas. Moderate swell in the Indian Ocean. Isolated
storms.

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