IDW11900 SECURITE HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA 10 WESTERN AREA 12/30S 90/125E, 30/50S 80/129E ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, PERTH FOR 24 HOURS COMMENCING 1100UTC 31 JULY 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 Gale Warning south of a line 40S080E 35S095E 40S095E 50S122E 35S125E 33S129E, moving to south of a line 50S080E 35S100E 47S129E by 312100UTC and south of 40S080E 37S100E 47S129E by 010600UTC. PART 2 SITUATION AT at 0900UTC. Refer to latest warning. Ridge near 23S080E to high 1030hPa near 33S114E to 28S129E moving to be near 20S080E to high 1037hPa near 33S123E to 30S129E. PART 3 FORECAST Within 180nm of ridge and 240nm of high: Variable winds to 15 knots tending N/NE 15/25 knots west of 100E. Slight to moderate seas. Moderate swell. Remainder north of ridge: E/SE winds 20/30 knots reaching 25/33 knots east of 110E after 010000UTC. Rough seas. Low to moderate swell. Remainder south of ridge outside warning area: NW/SW winds 20/33 knots. Rough seas. Moderate to heavy swell. WEATHER PERTH Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2010, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532) Please note the Copyright Notice (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml) and Disclaimer (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/disclaimer.shtml) statements relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/privacy.shtml) and Accessibility (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/accessibility.shtml) statements. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements. Please also note the Acknowledgement (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml#acknowledgements) notice relating to the use of information on this site. No unsolicited commercial email.