Taking advantage of the fact that my time zone has me awake long before Sydneysiders, herewith a quick dump of the latest marine and weather data for this morning… From the look of things, you’d have to say: ‘marginal to micro again’
Tides: H @1112 L @1804
Winds early: north 5 kts
MHL swell: S 1 metre 8 sec (with 13 sec component)
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Friday until midnight: Wind: N/NE 5/10 knots, reaching 13/18 knots during the afternoon, before a S’ly change 18/23 knots during the evening.Sea: about 1 metre, rising to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon/evening, reaching 2 to 2.5 metres during the evening. Swell: S/SE less than 1 metre. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms.
Saturday: Wind: S/SW 18/23 knots, gradually easing to 5/10 knots during the morning. Tending E/SE 10/15 knots in the afternoon, N/NE 10/15 knots in the evening.Sea: 1 to 2 metres.Swell: S/SE to about 1 metre. Isolated thunderstorms.
Sunday: Wind: SE 10/20 knots, strengthening to 20/30 knots.
Synoptic Situation
A high pressure system lies over the Tasman Sea while a low pressure trough is deepening over NSW. A gusty southerly change is expected to move into the South Coast late this morning, then progress northwards to the Sydney and Hunter coasts this evening, then the Mid North Coast overnight. Wind will ease during Saturday ahead of another stronger change which will affect the southern half of the coast during Sunday, and the north on Monday, bringing strong south to southeasterly winds.
Forecast for Friday
A fine morning. Chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. Partly
cloudy. Light to moderate north to northeast winds ahead of a fresh
southerly change in the evening.Precis: Chance afternoon shower/thunderstorm.
City: Max: 28 Parramatta: Max: 31
Terrey Hills: Max: 27 Penrith: Max: 33
Liverpool Max: 31 Richmond: Max: 31UV Alert: 9:10 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very
High]
