Hello Friends,
Light north wind and a 7 second period NE wind swell of about 1.5 metres washing in for the Sunday early crew. It’s sunny as I write this, but the Bureau says we have an 80% chance of rain thanks to the arrival of a vigorous south change packing 20-30 kts of wind. The directional spectra from the Manly buoy isn’t showing anything out of the south and only modest and broadly diffuse energy from the NE. Translation: the change doesn’t look like improving matters at all.
Not much of a surf week coming up for Sydney according to this morning’s models. Still, it should be possible to find little scrappy stuff here and there. Polish up the mal I reckon.
Have yourself a good Sunday!
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the western Tasman Sea extends a weakening ridge to the far north coast of New South Wales. A cold front is moving across the southwestern Tasman Sea with an associated southerly change advancing along the southern half of the coast. The change is expected to reach central parts of the coast by late Sunday morning or early Sunday afternoon before weakening on the north coast early Monday. A high will develop near Tasmania early next week strengthening a ridge along the coast.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
Northerly 20 to 30 knots ahead of a southerly change 20 to 30 knots in the early afternoon.
Seas
Up to 3 metres decreasing to 2 metres around midday then increasing to 3 metres by early evening.
Swell
Easterly 1 metre tending northeasterly about 1.5 metres from midday.
Weather
Isolated thunderstorms offshore this afternoon and evening.
Monday 10 December
Winds
Southerly 25 to 30 knots decreasing to 20 to 25 knots before dawn.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
Swell
Easterly about 1 metre becoming 1 metre late in the evening.
Tuesday 11 December
Winds
Southerly 15 to 25 knots turning easterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
Southeasterly up to 1.5 metres.
Weather
The chance of thunderstorms from midday.
