"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris
Dense smoke in Sydney

Smoke

0930: Visibility down to about 100 metres on Collaroy Plateau

0930 smoke density increasing…

EARLIER:

Dense smoke in Sydney
The smoke just about blotting out the sun along the beaches by 0630

Hello Friends,

What can one say? The smoke is dreadful this morning. Visibility is maybe 300 m at RealSurf HQ as I write this. And it doesn’t look like getting better until (maybe) after the south change hits.
Needless to say, this isn’t a morning to be engaging in vigorous exercise – even for those of us fortunate enough not to have any sort of respiratory condition – this morning everyone has a respiratory condition. It’s just as well that there really aren’t any waves to justify getting wet.
We’re going to a high of 36C today, so it must be hellish out on the fire grounds. So grateful for those volunteers risking their lives on our behalf.
The climate my generation grew up with is no more. We are on a new course now, away from anything our species has ever known. Most of us get this, but the 10% or so in denial or dismissive of the terrible danger to our children are over represented among our decision makers.
Stay safe everyone.

Sydney area
Hot. Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Areas of smoke haze, thick in the morning. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and early evening. Light winds becoming north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then shifting southerly 35 to 50 km/h in the early afternoon.

A POOR Air Quality Forecast alert is issued by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) due to forecast elevated ozone and particle levels in Sydney for Tuesday 10 December 2019

Weather Situation
A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea is directing north to northeasterly winds along the New South Wales coast. A cold front will bring a southerly change to southern and central parts of the coast today, moving up into the Mid-North Coast during Wednesday.

Forecast for Tuesday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Tuesday for Sydney Coast
Winds
North to northeasterly 15 to 25 knots. A southerly change 20 to 30 knots moving through from the early afternoon.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres by early evening.
1st Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
2nd Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre.
Weather
Mostly sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm inshore this afternoon.
Wednesday 11 December
Winds
Southerly 15 to 25 knots turning southeasterly 10 to 15 knots in the late afternoon.
Seas
2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to 1 metre around midday.
1st Swell
Northeasterly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning, then decreasing to around 1 metre around midday.
2nd Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon.
Thursday 12 December
Winds
South to southeasterly about 10 knots increasing to 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Around 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening