Hello Friends,
Saturday morning dawned dismal where the waves were concerned. Out at sea where the MHL buoy sits bobbing off the coast of Sydney, a weak SE wind swell of around 0.5 metres was lapping listlessly past at about 8 seconds apart.
Tide was set to be low at around 0800.
And on the beach? Well, let’s say if you were wanting to launch a thousand paper boats, I reckon you’d get at least 999 of them safely past the crunching ankle snappers.
It looks as though were in for a warm one today… warm and probably flat. I say ‘probably’ because there is a slight chance the NE’r will kick in hard enough to make a little something in the semi-protected north corners toward the close of play.
With luck, the NE’r-induced bump will hang around for tomorrow’s early.
Outlook for the coming week is pretty much for more of the same microness. There might be a little something toward the end of the week following a bout of SE’ly wind. But at this stage the models are not being overly hopeful.
Ah well, have a great Saturday!
Weather Situation
A trough over northeast New South Wales is weakening as a high pressure system centred above the Tasman Sea extends a ridge across the state. The presence of this high will promote northerly winds along the coast during Saturday, freshening in most areas before a trough brings a late change to the southern coast. This change will continue to the north during Sunday before weakening. Unsettled weather is expected to continue through much of next week, with another frontal system forecast to affect New South Wales during Tuesday and Wednesday.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon then tending north to northeasterly 20 to 25 knots by early evening.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Easterly 1 metre.
Sunday 20 November
- Winds
- Northerly 15 to 25 knots ahead of a southerly change 15 to 25 knots in the morning.
- Seas
- Up to 2 metres.
- Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Isolated thunderstorms from midday.
Monday 21 November
- Winds
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East to southeasterly 15 to 25 knots.
- Seas
-
1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres during the evening.
- Swell
-
Northeasterly 1 metre tending southeasterly 1.5 metres from the morning.
- Weather
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Isolated thunderstorms offshore.
