HS 008

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 February 2012

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. Weak trough extends from 10s 90e to 08s 100e to low [1007 hpa] near 12s 104e to 11s 110e to 12s 113e.

Part 3. Forecast north of trough west of 113e. West/northwest winds 10/15 knots. Slight seas. Isolated storms.

South of trough west of 113e. Southeast/northeast winds 10/15 knots. Slight seas. Isolated storms.

Elsewhere east of 113e. Southeast/southwest winds 10/15 knots, tending variable in the Timor Sea. Slight seas. Isolated storms.

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