Hello Friends,
A grim morning for your correspondent given events in the USA. But you didn’t come here for my thoughts on that, so on with the report, and we’re facing another day of extremely marginal to flat conditions at Dee Why. There’s a lot of moisture in the air so skies are hazy and grey early. There was a faint NNW breeze and the latest MHL buoy data was showing a metre of 8-sec SE wind bump coming our way. As the picture shows, it was translating into only the tiniest of lines at the point and from the crows nest it wasn’t possible to see any hint of waves on the beach. That may in part be a consequence of the 0515 high tide.
The wind’s expected to come up from the NE this afternoon, but it won’t be pushing up any more swell.
This morning’s run of the models indicate the prospect of a slight bump up from flatness around Saturday and Sunday, but it looks like being unspectacular at best. There seems to be a little hope for early next week, so I’ll be keen to see the Goat’s thoughts later today.
Go well one and all
Weather Situation
A high pressure system will move across southern Australia today, before a cold front, expected on the weekend. Winds will turn northerly and strengthen on Saturday ahead of the cold front.
Forecast for Thursday until midnight
Winds
Variable about 10 knots becoming northeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon then becoming variable about 10 knots in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly below 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 30% chance of a shower.
Friday 11 November
Winds
East to southeasterly about 10 knots tending southerly 10 to 15 knots early in the morning then becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Northeasterly below 1 metre.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 20% chance of a shower offshore in the early morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere.
Saturday 12 November
Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots turning northwesterly 20 to 30 knots during the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
Swell
Northeast to southeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 90% chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Please be aware
Wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the averages given here, and maximum waves may be up to twice the height.
Nearby Coastal Waters
