Hello Friends,
Just jamming in a quick report before the family rouses on Christmas morning. It’s not much weatherwise, kinda dull really, but there are some little knee to waist-ish things flopping over along the beach and even occasionally at the point. At 0830 the wind was lightly NE and a couple of hours ago the MHL buoy off Sydney detected a mix of SE and NE wind swell. The main energy was coming from the former direction at about 9 seconds apart and with an average height at 1.7 metres. Tide was just hitting high as I wrote this around 0850. It’ll be back to low at 1530. I’m rating conditions as 3 out of 10.
Wind will pick up as the day goes along in the usual summer fashion. Tomorrow looks like a rinse and repeat of today while Sunday sees strong S-SE wind arriving and smashing things up.
Gotta run, best wishes to you and yours!
Weather Situation
A weak low pressure system and trough off the north coast is moving slowly further to the north as a high over the southern Tasman Sea gradually extends a ridge over NSW. Winds are forecast to tend more northerly and increase today and during Saturday as a cold front approaches from the west. This front is forecast to bring a gale-force southerly change to the southern half of the New South Wales coast during Saturday, then northern parts on Sunday as winds gradually ease in the south.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Easterly 10 to 15 knots turning northeasterly 15 to 20 knots this morning.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore during the afternoon.
- Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 40% chance of showers.
Saturday 26 December
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Sydney Coast
- Winds
- North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots before a southerly change 30 to 35 knots in the late evening, possibly reaching 40 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres.
- Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- Weather
- Becoming cloudy. 70% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening.
Sunday 27 December
- Winds
- Southerly 25 to 35 knots tending southeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
- Seas
- 2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 40% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning.
