Hello Friends,
The quick version: there’s really nothing going on where Dee Why’s concerned. If you’re really keen for a knee high wave, there should be little lumps at the NE spots this morning. Low tide is 0840 and the high is around 1450, but the range is less than a metre, so I wouldn’t think it’d have much influence one way or another.
Wind’s supposed to be out of the north early and then it’ll swing around to the southerly quarters for a bit in the early afternoon.
The Bureau says there’s a 95% chance of rain today, although it was clearing a bit when I wrote this around 0830.
Outlook for something resembling surf has not improved according to this morning’s swell modelling. A few days ago, they’d all been pointing to a little something of a southerly flavour for Sat-Sun, but that seems to have faded and the current reckoning is that we’re more likely to have the current marginal (or worse) dribble for another week at least. Bah!
Oh well, there’s plenty to be getting on with and sooner or later Huey will serve us up something to get the blood racing. Just gotta be patient.
Go well with your Thursday!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over New Zealand is directing north to northeasterly winds along the New South Wales coast. This high is expected to remain slow-moving until the end of the week, as a broad trough of low pressure approaches from the west. The trough and an associated cold front are forecast to affect the coast, with a weak southerly change extending up to central parts of the coast on Thursday before dissipating. Following this a second trough with a fresh to strong and cooler southerly change extends throughout the coast from Friday and into Saturday. In the wake of this second change a high pressure ridge is expected to build over New South Wales on Sunday and into the new week.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Northerly 15 to 20 knots shifting south to southeasterly by the early afternoon then decreasing to east to southeasterly about 10 knots in the evening.
Seas
Up to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly about 2 metres.
Weather
Isolated thunderstorms.
Friday 9 November
Winds
Southeast to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots tending north to northeasterly in the early afternoon then shifting south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the late evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly 1.5 metres.
Weather
Scattered thunderstorms.
Saturday 10 November
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Easterly about 1.5 metres tending southeasterly 1.5 metres during the evening.
