Hello Friends,
Grey skies again, but no rain on the radar as Friday kicks off. As of 0700 the North Head weather station was seeing 7-12 kts of SSW wind and out at sea the MHL buoy was detecting 2 metres of 6-sec SSE (144-152°) wind swell. As you can see from the pictures, there were junky and weak little knee to maybe waist high lumps at the Dee Why end of the beach. Tide hits a deepish 1.8 m high at 0745 and will be back to low at 1420.
There’s a medium chance of a light shower at some point today as we head to a high of 24. The wind should pick up from the south at 15-25 kts later. Beachwatch hadn’t updated as I was writing this, but yesterday it was indicating suss water fcom Narrabeen to the Bower. Temp was 20°.
As is his wont the Goat has dropped a Christmas forecast and his annual holiday message for your consideration. Pure Goat if I may say so!
Have a find Friday and stay happy!
Weather Situation
A high over the northern Tasman Sea extends a ridge towards the far northern coast. A low pressure trough over central parts of NSW will continue to move to the northeast, with a secondary trough stretching through western inland parts. This is directing east to northeasterly winds along the coast ahead of a fresh to strong southerly change, moving to the far northern coastline this evening. Another southerly change will move up the NSW late Friday into Saturday.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 25 knots turning southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the evening.
- Seas
- 1.5 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Saturday 22 December
- Winds
- East to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning southerly 20 to 30 knots early in the morning then decreasing to 20 to 25 knots in the morning.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- South to southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly around 1 metre inshore, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers.
Sunday 23 December
- Winds
- Southerly 15 to 20 knots turning southeasterly 10 to 15 knots during the evening.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the afternoon.
- 1st Swell
- Southerly 1.5 metres, decreasing to around 1 metre during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy.
