Hello Friends,
Nice to wake up to a morning that doesn’t smell of smoke. Skies were cloudy as Sunday got started, but the wind was only 4-7 kts from the SW and Dee Why was seeing the odd knee to maybe waist high bump from a 9 second, 1.4 metre SE wind swell. Tide was running out to the low at 1050 and water quality is likely to be polluted from run-off from the last few days of rain. We can expect the odd shower again today and tomorrow, but after that it looks as though we’ll be back to sunny conditions.
The models show a little uptick in wave energy for the next 24 hours and then a gradual weakening trend for surf prospects as the week plays out. Your correspondent will be sending postcards from well west of Dee Why for the next 10 days.
Have a great Sunday everyone!
Weather Situation
A trough lies along the coast and will remain in place for the next couple of days. Within this trough small low pressure circulations may develop during the weekend, locally enhancing rainfall and winds along parts of the coast. On Monday, a larger scale low pressure system is forecast to develop over southeast Australia and track southeast. A trough associated with this low is expected to bring southerly change to the south coast on Tuesday and central parts of the coast on Wednesday.
Forecast for Sunday until midnight
Winds
South to southeasterly 10 to 15 knots tending northwest to northeasterly in the late evening. Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore in the evening.
Seas
Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore around midday.
1st Swell
East to northeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres around midday.
2nd Swell
Southerly around 1 metre.
Weather
Cloudy. 90% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Monday 20 January
Winds
Westerly around 10 knots tending northerly 15 to 20 knots offshore before winds tending west to northwesterly before sunrise. Winds turning northeasterly 15 to 20 knots by midday. Winds reaching up to 25 knots offshore in the late evening.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
Weather
Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm.
Tuesday 21 January
Winds
Northerly 15 to 20 knots tending northwesterly 10 to 15 knots during the morning then turning north to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the day.
Seas
1 to 2 metres.
Swell
Northeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres during the afternoon or evening.
Weather
Sunny.
