Hello Friends,
All settings are perfect, bar one. What use is a light offshore, an incoming tide and sunny skies when there’s less than a metre of SE swell. Indeed, where Dee Why’s concerned, there’s barely a hint of white water along the rocks at the point and no sign of a line at the beach.
There’s no prospect of an improvement today either.
Tomorrow should be quite a contrast because the Bureau’s hoisted the gale pennant for 25-30 kts of southerly wind and a rapidly ramping (but very brief) south swell. Throw in a 90% chance of rain and it should be quite a day weatherwise.
I’ll be interested to see what the Goat thinks, but it looks to me as though we’re going to have onshores pretty much through the swell event. But, as always, we shall see what we see…
Have a great Thursday one and all!
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Weather Situation
A front with an associated south to southwesterly change will move to the central coast this morning and the far north coast in the afternoon. In the wake of the front a low will develop over the western Tasman Sea later tonight before moving east rapidly during Friday as a strong high pressure system moves over southeastern Australia extending a ridge to the western Tasman Sea.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Southwesterly 15 to 25 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres by early evening.
Swell
South to southwesterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore this morning.
Friday 22 May
Gale Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
Winds
West to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots tending southerly 25 to 30 knots in the morning. Winds reaching up to 40 knots in the afternoon.
Seas
2 to 3 metres, increasing to 3 to 4 metres around midday.
Swell
Southerly 1.5 to 2.5 metres, increasing to 3 to 4 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Cloudy. 90% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
Caution
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Saturday 23 May
Winds
Southerly 20 to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots during the evening.
Seas
2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers.
